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Thy cousin Elizabeth ... - The case of Elizabeth is mentioned to inspire Mary with confidence, and to assure her that what was now promised would...
Prediction of the Birth of Jesus. Lk. alone gives this narrative. Three or four months before the birth of Elisabeth's child, Gabriel comes to Na...
nothing. not (Greek. ou. App-105) any word. Greek. rhema. See note on Mark 9:32 .
37. For no word shall be impossible with God If we choose to take ῥη̑μα, word, in its strict and native sense, the meaning is, that God...
For with God nothing shall be impossible. For with God nothing shall be impossible - Words of the very same import with those spoken by the Lord to S...
For with God nothing shall be impossible. For with God nothing shall be impossible - reminding her, for her encouragement, of what had been s...
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 Annunciation (see on Matthew 1 ). Wonder and awe and adoring praise are the emotions with which Christians have ever regarded the unspeakable...
Chapter 3 THE GOSPEL PSALMS. UNLIKE modern church-builders, St. Luke sets his chancel by the porch. No sooner have we passed through the vestibul...
Chapter 4 THE VIRGIN MOTHER. THE Beautiful Gate of the Jewish Temple opened into the "Court of the Women"-so named from the fact that they were n...
the Promised Messiah Luke 1:26-38 The narrative is artlessly simple and natural and is its own complete vindication. No human genius could have...
(26) And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, (27) To a virgin espoused to a man whose name...
For with God nothing shall be impossible. That is consistent with his nature and perfections, with his counsels, purposes, and promises: every thin...
For with God nothing shall be impossible. Ver. 37. For with God, &c. ] We never doubt God's will, but we do in some measure doubt his power....
Then said Mary, How shall this be How can I immediately conceive a child, (for so the angel meant, and so she understood him to mean,) seeing I kn...
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 Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sen...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:26 . The sixth month .— I.e. not of the year: the reference is to the time indicated in Luke 1:24 . Nazareth —St. Luke...
Luke 1:26-38 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I. "The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth." Never...
Luke 1:5-6 . There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the d...
Luke 1:26-27 . And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man who...
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...
Nothing shall be impossible God’s omnipotence It certainly is not possible for us to be in a position where omnipotence cannot assist us. God...
EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever b...
The explanation of the miracle:
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Genesis 18:14 ; Jeremiah 32:17 ; Jeremiah 32:27 ; Job 13:2 ; Luke 18:27 ; Mark 10:27 ; Matthew 19:26 ; Numbers 11:23 ; Philippians 3:21 ; Z...
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...
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.