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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 1:26-38

B. Annunciation of the Birth of the Messiah. Luke 1:26-38(The Gospel for the day of the Annunciation of Mary.)26And in the sixth month17 the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,named Nazareth, 27To a virgin espoused [betrothed] to a man, whose name wasJoseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28And the angel [he]18 came in unto [to] her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured [thou highly favoured!κεχαριτωμένη],19 the Lord is [be] with thee:... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 1:26-38

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 invented it. Compare it, for instance, with all the ornate and fantastic pictures of the Annunciation by the great masters! That little children and wise men alike appreciate this story bespeaks its humanness and its divineness. It is to the humble and childlike maiden that the supreme honor of womanhood is given. The choice was one of pure grace.... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 1:1-80

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was given by the angel unto Mary. Our study will follow Luke 1:27-38 . 1. The virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. We emphasize that Mary was a virgin. This was plainly set forth in the prophetic Scriptures, when the Holy Ghost wrote, "A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 1:5-79

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 emphasizes the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of Man. It will suggest many things to us that will bring great blessings. We trust that God will be with us in our studies. Let us observe several things about visions and revelations in general, and in detail the particular vision that came to Zacharias. 1. We know God by revelation. No one by searching... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

Mary Receives the Promise that She Will Bear the Messiah and She Responds In Willing Obedience (1:26-38). These verses represent a unit in themselves, being connected with what precedes by the reference to the sixth month. It is arranged as a chiasmus around the central question as to how this wonderful thing could be when the chosen woman, Mary, had had no sexual relations with a man. This emphasises the fact that the One Who came, came directly from God through Mary. (We should note that the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:36-37

“And behold, Elisabeth your kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For no word from God shall be void of power.” The angel then refers to the birth of Elisabeth’s son. The news was probably no surprise to Mary, and the angel was not simply trying to impart information. He was rather connecting the significance of the two births. He points out that Elisabeth has had a miracle baby in her old age, and was now in her... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-Zechariah : . 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 Nazareth and announces to Mary, a virgin betrothed to one Joseph, a descendant of David, that she stands high in Yahweh’ s favour. After dispelling her fear he announces that she shall bear a son Jesus (= Joshua, “ saviour” ) who shall be called Son of the Most High ( i.e. God), and fulfil the popular Messianic expectation.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:36-37

What a particular notice doth God take of the children of men! he knoweth our relations: thy cousin Elisabeth. Here some make a question how Elisabeth, who was one of the daughters of Aaron, Luke 1:5, and consequently of the tribe of Levi, could be cousin to Mary, who was of the house of David, and consequently of the tribe of Judah, (as our evangelist proveth, Luke 1:3), because of the law, Numbers 36:6,Numbers 36:7. But cousin may be taken in a large sense, as Paul calleth all the Jews his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 1:26-38

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 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 alone informs us that this village was the place of Mary’s residence before the birth of Jesus; from St. Matthew’s narrative we might have inferred that it was Bethlehem. The two Gospels are thus shown to be independent of each other, though there is no contradiction between them. Nazareth was an obscure village; it is not mentioned in the Old Testament, the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 1:26-38

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 was a time when, humanly speaking, the promises of God might seem so much to have failed: the house of David had departed from the sight of men, was unknown and forgotten, and Israel itself under bondage to the heathen; the prince of this world seemed established above the sanctuary of God. But man's helplessness is God's opportunity, and nothing was... read more

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