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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 1:5-25

The inauguration of the dispensation of grace. From the prologue about the historic certainty of the Christian faith, we now proceed to the first stage of the wonderful history in the annunciation of the birth of the Baptist. In this we have Luke mounting higher than either Matthew or Mark. We can understand this since he was writing for a Gentile audience, and the speculative turn of Grecian minds would certainly lead to inquiries as to the origin of the leaders in the dispensation of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod - See the notes at Matthew 2:1.Of the course of Abia - When the priests became so numerous that they could not at once minister at the altar, David divided them into 24 classes or courses, each one of which officiated for a week, 1 Chronicles 24:0. The class or course (shift) of Abia was the “eighth” in order, 1 Chronicles 24:10. Compare 2 Chronicles 8:14. The word “course” means the same as “class,” or order. The Greek-based word “Abia” is the same as the Hebrew-based word... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 1:5

Luke 1:5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea This is he who is commonly known by the name of Herod the Great, a cruel, ambitious man, who, without any title, obtained the crown of Judea from the Roman senate, to whom he was recommended by Mark Antony. Under his government the Jews were very uneasy, because he was a foreigner. Nevertheless, the Roman generals in those parts having given him possession of the throne, by his own prudence and address he maintained himself in it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 1:5-25

2. Birth of John the Baptist foretold (Luke 1:5-25)Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, was a priest. Because all male descendants of Aaron were priests, there were, even in Old Testament times, too many priests for the amount of work to be done. David therefore divided them into twenty-four divisions, and each division served for two weeks each year. Zechariah belonged to the division of Abijah (Luke 1:5; cf. 1 Chronicles 24:1-19). (All priests would be required for duty during the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 1:5

There was = There came to be. A Hebraism, Compare Luke 1:8 , and see on Luke 2:1 . in . Greek en. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Luke 1:15 , Luke 1:20 , Luke 1:44-47 . in the days . A Hebraism. See Matthew 2:1 . Compare Esther 1:1 . Herod. See App-109 . the king. This title had been conferred by the Roman Senate on the recommendation of Antony and Octavius. of = out of. Greek. ek, App-104 . Abia is named in 1 Chronicles 24:10 , and Nehemiah 12:17 . Out of the four who... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.ANNUNCIATION TO ZACHARIASHerod ... This ruler is the one known historically as Herod the Great, a savage Idumean, who had acquired the kingship of several provinces in Palestine from the Roman Senate, influenced by Octavius, to whom Herod had given large sums of money. He was a descendent of Esau and fully as profane... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:5

Luke 1:5. In the days of Herod, &c.— See on Matthew 2:1. The descendants of Aaron multiplied to such a degree, that they could not all do duty in the temple at once; David therefore divided them into twenty-four courses, who ministered weekly in their turns. The time of their ministration was, called εφημερια, as was likewise the course itself; but the name belonged originally to the Athenian magistrates, called Prytaneis, who, being fifty men chosen by lot out of a tribe, and each man... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 1:5

5. Herod—(See on :-). course of Abia—or Abijah; the eighth of the twenty-four orders of courses into which David divided the priests (see 1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 24:10). Of these courses only four returned after the captivity (1 Chronicles 24:10- :), which were again subdivided into twenty-four—retaining the ancient name and order of each. They took the whole temple service for a week each. his wife was of the daughters of Aaron—The priests might marry into any... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 1:5

Herod the Great ruled over Judea, the large Roman province that included all of Israel, from 37 B.C. to A.D. 4.Luke pointed out that both of John’s parents had a priestly heritage. The priests in Israel had the great privilege of intimate association with God through their worship and service in the sanctuary. Zechariah’s name means "Yahweh remembers" and is significant here because the birth of John was a fulfillment of a prophecy that God would send a forerunner before Israel’s Messiah. The... read more