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( See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24).
Blessed - See the notes at Matthew 5:3 . Hath visited - The word here rendered “visited” means properly “to look upon;” then to look upon in...
Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath (g) visited and (h) redeemed his people, (g) That he has shown himself mindful of his people, to th...
The Birth of John. The Benedictas. In due course Elisabeth bore her son and received the congratulations of her friends. When the babe has been cir...
Blessed . Hence the name "Benedictus" given to Zacharias's prophecy. God . the God. visited . lookedon. Not the same word as in Luke 1:48 . See...
68. Blessed be the Lord God Zacharias commences with thanksgiving, and in the raptures of the prophetic spirit describes the fulfillment of...
DISCOURSE: 1469 THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS Luke 1:67-75 . And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for, etc. - Zacharias praises Go...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;— "Let all honour and glory be ascribed to the Possessor and Governor of the world, the God of Israel, because h...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, Blessed. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine so...
Birth and childhood of the Baptist. The Benedictus. 59. The eighth day ] Circumcision took place on the eighth day, even though it was the sabbath:...
Hath visited ] The past tense may express Zacharias' certainty that the Messiah will come, but more probably it implies prophetic knowledge that the...
Birth of John. The Annunciation 1-4. Preface. To write a preface to a history is not a Jewish, but a classical custom, and by following it St. Luk...
The Benedictus. 'This song, which was composed in the priest's mind during the time of his silence, broke solemnly from his lips the moment speech...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel. — The whole hymn is, like the Magnificat, pre-eminently Hebrew in character, almost every phrase having its co...
Chapter 2 THE MUTE PRIEST. Luke 1:5-25 ; Luke 1:57-80 . AFTER his personal prelude, our Evangelist goes on to give in detail the pre-Advent r...
the Song at the Herald's Birth Luke 1:57-80 This song is second only to that of Mary. It is a noble ode, tracing our Lord's advent back to the...
(67) And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, (68) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ,.... This was a form of blessing of long standing, Psalms 72:18 and very likely was in use, more or less, ever...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, Ver. 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ] This is Hymnus Ev...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel Who is also the God of the spirits of all flesh: but Zacharias, speaking of the work of redemption calls him only...
LUKE'S GOSPEL WRITTEN FOR A GENTILE RULER (vs.1-4) Luke's introduction shows that, though he was concerned about giving exact information in thi...
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost...
Ver. 68-70. God is not the God of Israel only, but of all the nations of the earth also; but he is peculiarly called the God of Israel, both here a...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:58 . Cousins .—Rather, “kinsfolk,” which was the original meaning of “cousins.” How the Lord .—Rather, “that the Lord” (R...
Luke 1:1 . Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which within a short compass of years have be...
Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should he delivered The nativity of John the Baptist That which was miraculous at the beginning became...
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost The song of Zacharias I. Preliminary questions. In the opening portion of St. Luke’s G...
Visited and redeemed His people Visited 1. To visit is the work of one that comes to do a charitable office to a sick person, according to th...
EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever b...
A hymn of praise:
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people ,
1 Chronicles 29:10 ; 1 Chronicles 29:20 ; 1 Kings 1:48 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; Ephesians 1:3 ; Ephesians 1:7 ; Exodus 3:16 ; Exodus 3:17 ; Exodus 4:...
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, w...
The Revelations of God Luke 1:5-79 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin here a series of studies taken from the Gospel of Luke. This is the Gospel that...
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,