Verse 25
25. just—upright in his moral character.
devout—of a religious frame of spirit.
waiting for the consolation of Israel—a beautiful title of the coming Messiah, here intended.
the Holy Ghost was—supernaturally.
upon him—Thus was the Spirit, after a dreary absence of nearly four hundred years, returning to the Church, to quicken expectation, and prepare for coming events.
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