{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:21","href":"/jhn/1/#v21-westcott","text":"Luke i. 1","snippet":"In a spiritual sense John was Elias (comp. Luke i. 1 7), yet not so as the Jews literally understood the promise."}],"2":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.1.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-henry","text":"Luke i. 2","snippet":"Yet some think that Christ is meant by the Word in Acts xx. 32; Heb. iv. 12; Luke i. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.64.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:64","href":"/jhn/6/#v64-westcott","text":"Luke i. 2","snippet":"From the first moment when the public work of Christ began (1 John ii. 7, 24, iii. 11 ; Luke i. 2)."}],"3":[{"id":"henry.JHN.3.3.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:3","href":"/jhn/3/#v3-henry","text":"Luke i. 3","snippet":"We must be born anew; so the word is taken, Gal. iv. 9, and ab initio—from the beginning, Luke i. 3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:27","href":"/jhn/15/#v27-henry","text":"Luke i. 3","snippet":"It is particularly a great advantage to have been acquainted with Christ from the beginning, to understand all things from the very first, Luke i. 3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.19.35.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:35","href":"/jhn/19/#v35-henry","text":"Luke i. 3","snippet":"… record of he saw; he had it not by hearsay, nor was it only his own conjecture, but he was an eyewitness of it; it is what we have seen and looked upon (1 John i. 1; 2 Pet. i. 16), and had perfect understanding of, Luke i. 3."}],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[{"id":"henry.JHN.16.21.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:21","href":"/jhn/16/#v21-henry","text":"Luke i. 14, 15","snippet":"Could we be sure that our children, like John, would be filled with the Holy Ghost, we might, indeed, like his parents, have joy and gladness in their birth, Luke i. 14, 15."}],"15":[{"id":"henry.JHN.16.21.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:21","href":"/jhn/16/#v21-henry","text":"Luke i. 14, 15","snippet":"Could we be sure that our children, like John, would be filled with the Holy Ghost, we might, indeed, like his parents, have joy and gladness in their birth, Luke i. 14, 15."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.39.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-ryle","text":"Luke i. 15","snippet":"(Gen. vi. 3 ; Mark xii. 36; Isa. lxiii. 10, 11 ; Luke i. 15."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."}],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.21.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:21","href":"/jhn/1/#v21-henry","text":"Luke i. 17","snippet":"He was indeed prophesied of under the name of Elijah (Mal. iv. 5), and he came in the spirit and power of Elias (Luke i. 17), and was the Elias that was to come (Matt. xi. 14); but he was not the person of Elias, not that Elias that went to heaven in the fiery chariot, as he was that met Christ in his transfiguration."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.35-36.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:35–36","href":"/jhn/1/#v35-henry","text":"Luke i. 17","snippet":"John gathered disciples, not for himself, but for Christ to prepare them for the Lord, Luke i. 17."}],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.14.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:14","href":"/jhn/2/#v14-westcott","text":"Luke i. 21","snippet":"Contrast Matt. iv. 5, xii. 6, xxiv. i ; Luke ii. 37, 46 ; John x. 23 ; Acts iii. 10, xxi. 28 (Hieron, the temple-courts), with Matt, xxiii. 17, 35, xxvK. j, note, 51 ; Luke i. 21 ; John ii. 20 (Naos, the sanctuary)."}],"22":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.4.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:4","href":"/jhn/5/#v4-ryle","text":"Luke i. 22","snippet":"… had strong faith in the interposition of angels on certain occasions, is clear from the account of the vision of Zacharias, when we are simply told that the people \"perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple.\"' (Luke i. 22."}],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[],"26":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.29.2","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-bengel","text":"Luke i. 26","snippet":"So Ps. li. 17, The sacrifices of God [mean those] which God acknowledges [as pleasing to Him], Luke i. 26, the Lord’s Christ. ... the sin) The singular number, with the article, [gives it] the greatest force."}],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[],"31":[],"32":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.49.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:49","href":"/jhn/1/#v49-ryle","text":"Luke i. 32, 33","snippet":"(Luke i. 32, 33."}],"33":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.49.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:49","href":"/jhn/1/#v49-ryle","text":"Luke i. 32, 33","snippet":"(Luke i. 32, 33."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.34.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:34","href":"/jhn/12/#v34-ryle","text":"Luke i. 33","snippet":"(Luke i. 33."}],"34":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.6.52.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 6:52","href":"/jhn/6/#v52-calvin","text":"Luke 1:34","snippet":"And yet the blame imputed to them is not simply that they inquired into the manner; for the same blame would fall on Abraham and the blessed Virgin, (Genesis 15:2; Luke 1:34."}],"35":[{"id":"henry.JHN.10.36.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:36","href":"/jhn/10/#v36-henry","text":"Luke i. 35","snippet":"The Father's sanctifying and sending him is here vouched as a sufficient warrant for his calling himself the Son of God; for because he was a holy thing he was called the Son of God, Luke i. 35."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.3.6-7.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 3:6–7","href":"/jhn/3/#v6-bengel","text":"Luke i. 35","snippet":"… flesh: but also mere flesh, void of spirit, opposed to spirit, of an old generation. ... what is born) This being in the neuter, sounds more general, and denotes the very first stamina [groundwork] of new life: comp. Luke i. 35, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore that holy thing, ... spirit) That which is born of the Spirit is spirit: he who is born of the Spirit is spiritual. …"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.18.37.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 18:37","href":"/jhn/18/#v37-westcott","text":"Luke i. 35","snippet":"But as addressed to Pilate the words declared only the human birth (comp. Luke i. 35, TO yewmfifvov), though a deeper meaning lies beneath them."}],"36":[],"37":[],"38":[],"39":[],"40":[],"41":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."}],"42":[],"43":[],"44":[],"45":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.2.11.2","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 2:11","href":"/jhn/2/#v11-bengel","text":"Luke i. 45","snippet":"Even in a marriage-feast a progress in faith is to be sought after. ... the disciples) His mother had previously believed: Luke i. 45, “Blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance,” etc."}],"46":[],"47":[],"48":[],"49":[],"50":[],"51":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:38","href":"/jhn/12/#v38-westcott","text":"Luke i. 51","snippet":"the arm of the Lord] Luke i. 51; Acts xiii. 17."}],"52":[],"53":[],"54":[],"55":[],"56":[],"57":[],"58":[],"59":[],"60":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.18.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:18","href":"/jhn/2/#v18-westcott","text":"Luke i. 60","snippet":"… is not unfrequently used when the word spoken is a reply to or a criticism upon something done, or obviously present to the mind of another: e.g. v. 17, xix. 7 ; Matt. xi. 25, xvii. 4, xxviii. 5 ; Mark x. 51, xii. 35 ; Luke i. 60, xiii. 14 ; Acts iii. 12, v. 8; Rev. vii. 13."}],"61":[],"62":[],"63":[],"64":[],"65":[],"66":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.1.19.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 1:19","href":"/jhn/1/#v19-chrysostom","text":"Luke i. 66","snippet":"( Luke i. 66 ); and the report had gone forth into all the hill country."}],"67":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."}],"68":[],"69":[],"70":[{"id":"henry.JHN.3.33.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:33","href":"/jhn/3/#v33-henry","text":"Luke i. 70","snippet":"… all the promises which he has made concerning Christ, that which he spoke by the mouth of all his holy prophets; what he swore to our fathers is all accomplished, and not one iota or tittle of it fallen to the ground, Luke i. 70, &c."}],"71":[],"72":[],"73":[],"74":[],"75":[],"76":[],"77":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.20.23.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 20:23","href":"/jhn/20/#v23-calvin","text":"Luke 1:77","snippet":"Zacharias, in his song, calls it the knowledge of salvation, (Luke 1:77;) and, since God employs the testimony of men to prove it, consciences will never yield to it, unless they perceive God himself speaking in their person."}],"78":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.15.3-4.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 15:3–4","href":"/jhn/15/#v3-bengel","text":"Luke i. 78","snippet":"“ owing to the tender mercy of our God”), Luke i. 78. ... and I) The first person here is to be supplied from the imperative, ye/vare, abide, by the following periphrasis (circumlocution or paraphrase) : See that ye abide in Me, and that I abide in you. ... even as) This …"}],"79":[],"80":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:31","href":"/jhn/1/#v31-westcott","text":"Luke i. 80","snippet":"I (emphatic), his precursor, trained for my work in the deserts (Luke i. 80) till the day for my mission came, knew Him not as Messiah (v. 26)."}]}}