Chapter?1 This evangelist is generally supposed to have been a physician, and a companion of the apostle Paul. The style of his writings, and his acq...
Luke 1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden, &c.] Meaning, either her outward temporal estate, which was very low and mean: David'...
Psalms [E]Of Moses, celebrating the deliverance at the Red Sea Exodus 15:1-19 Didactic songs composed by Moses, celebrating the providence, righteou...
Zacharias [S] A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been originally divided by David ( 1?Ch...
Luke 11:27 And it came to pass as he spoke these things That is, as Christ spoke, or had finished these sayings, as the Persic version expresses it, b...
Elucidations.Elucidations.IThe God-bearing Mary, p. 242.This name (qeoto/koj), says Pearson, was first in use in the Greek Church, which, delighting i...
Mary [N] [B] [H] [S]Hebrew Miriam. The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the Virgin Mary, though never so designated in Scripture ( Matthew...
The Book of LukeChapter 1Verses:1:1This short, weighty, artless, candid dedication, belongs to the Acts, as well as the Gospel of St. Luke. Many have ...
1-5. ANNUNCIATION TO ZACHARIAS OF THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. (At Jerusalem. Probably B. C. 6.) c?LUKE 1:5-25. ? ? ? c?5 There was in the ...
Luke 1:39 And Mary arose in those days The Ethiopic version renders it, in that day; directly, immediately, as soon as the angel was gone from her; pa...
Humility [T] [B] [E]General scriptures concerning Deuteronomy 9:4-29 ; 15:15 ; 32:7 ; Job 5:11 ; 22:29 ; Job 25:5 Job 25:6 ; Psalms 9:12 ; 1...
John the Baptist [B] [E]was of the priestly race by both parents, for his father, Zacharias, was himself a priest of the course of Abia or Abijah, ( ...
Joy [T] [B]Attributed to God Deuteronomy 28:63 ; 30:9 ; Jeremiah 32:41 In heaven Luke 15:10-32 UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Deuteronomy...
1:1? Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters1 which have been fulfilled among us2,LUKE'S PREFACE AND DEDI...
Chapter?1The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have...
John the Baptist [B] [S]the forerunner of our Lord. We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. ...
Luke 1:59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day The precise time fixed in the normal restitution of the ordinance of circumcision, ( Genesis 17:1...
The Second Homily The Second Homily On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary.(1) Discourse Second.It is our duty to present to God, like sacrifice...
CHAPTER 1 Luke 1:1-4 . It appears from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Apostolic Epistles, that the earliest preaching of the Gospel consi...
POETRY, NEW TESTAMENT No one questions the presence of poetry of a high order in the Old Testament. The Study of the Old Testament as the literature o...