Genesis 21:6; Luke 1:58; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15; Proverbs 23:24
Many shall rejoice at his birth - This does not refer so much to the time of his birth as to the subsequent rejoicing. Such will be his “characte...
Prediction of the Birth of John the Baptist. Lk. alone gives the story, which perhaps existed independently. and had been preserved in Baptist circ...
joy and gladness. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6). joy, yea exultant joy. at . upon[the occasion of]. Greek. epi. App-104., as in Luke 1:...
14. He shall be to thee joy The angel describes a greater joy than what Zacharias could derive from the recent birth of a child; for he info...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. Thou shalt have joy, etc. - ΕϚαι χαρα σοι, He will be joy and gladness to...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. And thou shalt have joy and gladness [`exultation,'] and many shal...
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...
Conception of John the Baptist. The rise of Christianity was preceded by a long period of four hundred years, during which prophecy was silent, and...
Many shall rejoice. — The words point to what had been the priest’s prayer. He had been seeking the joy of many rather than his own, and now the on...
Chapter 1 THE GENESIS OF THE GOSPEL. THE four walls and the twelve gates of the Seer looked in different directions, but together they guarded, a...
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 Forerunner Luke 1:13-25 As we open this Gospel we feel the wealth of a new age. The country was full of anarchy, misrule and wild passion,...
(5) There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness ,.... Not only because of his having a son; but because this his son would be the prophet of the Highest; would...
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. Ver. 14. Thou shalt have joy ] This is not every father's happiness. M...
Thou shalt have joy and gladness He shall be such a son as thou shalt have reason to rejoice in. As if he had said, Many parents, if they could for...
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 Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias....
None ought to have so mean thoughts of these words of the angel, as to think that they are only expressive of that affection which commonly discovere...
Zacharias Goes Up to the Temple and Is Promised a Son Who Will Prepare the Way for God's Messiah, and He is Made Dumb in God's Presence (1:5-25)....
“And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 1:5 . Herod, the king of Judæa .—He also ruled over Galilee, Samaria, and the greater part of Peræa. He was the son of Antip...
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 1:1 . 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...
Many shall rejoice at his birth An ideal child Could some parents foresee how wicked some of their children would become, instead of rejoicing,...
EXPOSITION THE origin of the Gospels—the four histories which relate in detail the circumstances of the foundation of Christianity—will ever b...
The angel messenger:
And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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...
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.