Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:33
33. The house of Jacob Both of Jacob’s natural and spiritual descendants. “For,” says Grotius, “just as David the king of Israel did by conquest amalgamate the Edomites and other nations with his kingdom, so also this Messiah-king, by gospel conquest, shall incorporate the Gentiles into his kingdom and naturalize them as true Israel. Isaiah 14:1. The stranger shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.” And, Isaiah 44:5, of the same stranger it is said he “... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38
§ 4. SALUTATION OF MARY, Luke 1:26-38 . As the approaching birth of the harbinger before Messiah’s face has been announced, so now follows the full annunciation of the coming Messiah himself. As birth is one of the wonders of nature, so these two births are more wonderful than nature. The first of the two is by an exaltation of nature above nature; the last is a direct over-passing of nature’s laws. read more