Luke 1:31-33 ASV

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 1:30-31

THE PROMISED SON‘And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou … shalt … bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus.’ Luke 1:30-Obadiah : In keeping the Feast of the Annunciation we must beware of anything approaching the Mariolatry which is characteristic of the Roman Church, but while we do not offer the Virgin Mary worship we highly reverence her memory. We can never forget that she was ‘highly favoured amongst women’ in that she was chosen to be the channel by which—and the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 1:32

IN CONFIRMATION OF FAITH‘He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.’ Luke 1:32 For the sake of deepening our conviction of the unspeakable importance of the doctrine of the Incarnation, let us lay aside our own belief for the moment, and see what the result of the surrender will be. I. We should lose the Atonement.—If Jesus be only a man, His death upon the Cross is only an ordinary death—the death of a human being, and nothing more. Christ the Man can set us an example,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 1:33

AN ENDLESS KINGDOM‘He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.’ Luke 1:33 Every attempt at world empire has been struck on the feet by ‘the stone that smote the image’ ( Daniel 2:35), which is Christ; for to Him alone is it given to establish a kingdom that will extend throughout the world. I. The Kingdom.—The Baptist’s work was to prepare men by repentance to enter into ‘the Kingdom.’ And Christ Himself preached on the same topic ( Matthew 4:17;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

Mary Receives the Promise that She Will Bear the Messiah and She Responds In Willing Obedience (1:26-38). These verses represent a unit in themselves, being connected with what precedes by the reference to the sixth month. It is arranged as a chiasmus around the central question as to how this wonderful thing could be when the chosen woman, Mary, had had no sexual relations with a man. This emphasises the fact that the One Who came, came directly from God through Mary. (We should note that the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:32-33

“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, And of his kingdom there will be no end.” The angel then made clear Who it was Who was to be born. · He will be ‘great’. · He will be called the son of the Most High. · He will receive from the Lord God the throne of His father David. · He will reign for ever over the house of Jacob. · Of His kingdom there will be... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-Zechariah : . Prediction of the Birth of Jesus.— Lk. alone gives this narrative. Three or four months before the birth of Elisabeth’ s child, Gabriel comes to Nazareth and announces to Mary, a virgin betrothed to one Joseph, a descendant of David, that she stands high in Yahweh’ s favour. After dispelling her fear he announces that she shall bear a son Jesus (= Joshua, “ saviour” ) who shall be called Son of the Most High ( i.e. God), and fulfil the popular Messianic expectation.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 1:31-33

These three verses contain the substance of the angel’s message or errand to the virgin, to tell her she should be the mother of a Son, by what name she should call him, and what he should be. In telling her this, who knew herself to be a virgin, one who had not known man, (as she expresses it, Luke 1:34), he plainly minds her that the prophecy, Isaiah 7:14, should be fulfilled in her. Thus far the angel’s word signifieth a promise. And shalt call his name Jesus: the angel saith the same to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 1:26-38

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 1:26. The sixth month.—I.e. not of the year: the reference is to the time indicated in Luke 1:24. Nazareth—St. Luke alone informs us that this village was the place of Mary’s residence before the birth of Jesus; from St. Matthew’s narrative we might have inferred that it was Bethlehem. The two Gospels are thus shown to be independent of each other, though there is no contradiction between them. Nazareth was an obscure village; it is not mentioned in the Old Testament, the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38 The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I. "The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth." Never was a time when, humanly speaking, the promises of God might seem so much to have failed: the house of David had departed from the sight of men, was unknown and forgotten, and Israel itself under bondage to the heathen; the prince of this world seemed established above the sanctuary of God. But man's helplessness is God's opportunity, and nothing was... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 1:1-80

Luke, the author of this third gospel, was called by Paul the apostle "the beloved physician." There is some speculation that his patron was a man by the name of Theophilus. In those days physicians were often slaves. And there are some who theorize that Luke was Theophilus' personal physician and servant. Whether or not that be so is only a matter of speculation, and thus, worthless to delve into.Luke was a Greek. And he is the only Gentile to have the privilege of placing scripture in that... read more