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Luke
Chapter
1 (Continued)
1:50``
"His mercy is for those who fear/revere {phobeo} Him
from
generation to generation.
1:51`` He has exercised power with His arm.
He
has scattered those who are proud
in
the vain arrogance of their 'right lobes'/hearts.
1:52``He
has brought down the mighty/potentates
from
their thrones,
and
has lifted up those of lowly/humble position {in life}.
1:53``He
has filled the hungry with good things,
and
has sent the rich away empty.
1:54-55``He
has 'laid hold of' {antilambanomai}
his
servant Israel,
remembering
His mercy, 1:55``
as
He promised to our ancestors . . .
to
Abraham and to his descendants forever."
1:56``So
Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months,
and
then returned to her home.
{The
Birth of John}
1:57``Now
the time came for Elizabeth to deliver her child,
and
she gave birth to a son.
1:58``Her
neighbors and relatives heard
that
the Lord had shown great mercy/'grace in action' {eleos} to her,
and
they rejoiced with her.
1:59``
On the eighth day
{Jewish custom to circumcise a child on 8th day}
they
came to circumcise the child,
and
they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
1:60``But
his mother replied,
"
'By no means' {ouchi}!
Instead,
he must be called John."
1:61``
They said to her,
"None
of your relatives is called by this name."
1:62``
So they made signs to his father,
inquiring
what he wanted him to be called.
1:63``
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,
"His
name is John."
And they were all amazed.
1:64``
Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened
and
his tongue released,
and
he spoke, praising God.
1:65``And,
fear came on all their neighbors,
and
all these things were continuously talked about
throughout
the whole hill country of Judea.
1:66``
All who heard these things
kept
them in their 'right lobes'/hearts, saying,
"What
then will this child be?"
For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.
{Zechariah's
Praise and Prediction}
1:67-68``
Then his father Zechariah was filled
with
the Holy Spirit
and
'spoke by divine inspiration saying'/prophesied, 1:68``
"Worthy
of praise and glorification . . .
the
Lord God of Israel {Jesus Christ}
because
He has come {1st Advent}
and
has redeemed His people.
1:69-75``And,
He has raised up a 'horn of salvation' on our behalf
in
the house of his servant David . . . 1:70``
even
as, {kathos} He spoke
through
the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, 1:71``
that
we should be delivered/saved {soteria}
from
our enemies . . .
and
from the hand of all who hate us . . .1:72``
to
perform the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and
to remember His holy covenant . . . 1:73``
an
oath that He swore to our ancestor Abraham . . .
He
grants us . . . 1:74``
to
the effect that we,
being
rescued/delivered from the hand of our enemies,
may
serve Him without fear {aphobos} . . . 1:75``
in
holiness/piety {hosiotes}
and
righteousness/dikaiosune
{dikaiosune is a word with a very rich meaning. More fully, it is the
'total fulfillment of spiritual maturity - it includes righteousness and
justice}
before
Him all our days."
1:76-79``
"And you, infant/'small child'
{paidion - referring to the baby 'John the Herald (Baptist)'},
will
be called the 'prophet of the Most High'.
For
you will 'go on before the Lord as a Herald'
to
prepare/'make ready' His Ways
{John's job will be as a Herald before the King} . . . 1:77``
to
give His people knowledge of salvation . . .
with/by
the forgiveness/pardon of the penalty of their sins . . 1:78``
{'the wages of sin is death' - this penalty will be assumed by the
now baby Jesus}
by
means of our God's passionate/tender mercy/'grace in action'
{splagchnon - idiom: literally means 'spleen/intestines/bowels' and
connotes emotion, passion}
the
dawn will break upon us from on high . . . 1:79``
to
give light to those who sit in darkness
and
in the shadow of death . . .
to
guide our feet into the Way of eirene/'inner peace'
{eirene - means peace in the sense of inner peace, not 'the
opposite of war' - learning doctrine will teach a person how to live
and be happy, content, and have a minimum of mental attitude
sins}."
1:80``
And the infant {paidion}
kept
on growing and becoming strong in spirit {pneuma}.
And
he {John the Herald/Baptist}
was
in the desert/'uninhabited area' {eremos}
until
the day he was revealed to Israel.
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