Luke 1
Christ’s Birth is Announced
Gabriel is used again to declare glad tidings (v.26). When Elisabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy God sends His angel to a virgin by the name of Mary in the town of Nazareth. Mary had not yet had sexual contact with any man. She was engaged to be married to a man …
Zacharias is Unable to Speak
When told he would have a son, Zacharias doubted the angel’s word. From his human perspective, his doubts were understandable, but with God anything is possible. Zacharias had doubts that he and Elisabeth could have a child since both of them were old (v. 18). This good man, th …
Elizabeth Gives Birth to John
John the Baptist is born, circumcised and named (vv. 57-66). The record of John’s birth is given (v. 57). The arrival of the babe was in exact fulfillment to Gabriel’s prophecy and caused wide-spread joy. Eight days after the birth of John, he was to be circumcised in accor …
Mary Visits Elizabeth
Almost immediately after receiving Gabriel’s message, Mary`prepared to visit her cousin Elisabeth who lived some sixty or more miles south of Nazareth in the Judean hill country (vv. 39-41). As she rushed off to visit her relative, she must have wondered if the events of the la …
Zachariah Prophesies of John’s Ministry
The rest of this chapter has to do with the prophesy of Zacharias. He prophesied the coming of the Savior who would redeem His people and he predicted that his son John would prepare the Messiah’s way. No wonder Zacharias praised God! The Messiah would come in his lifetime …
The Purpose of the Gospel Unfolds
We find that Luke was a very careful and conscientious investigator as he wrote this book. He tells Jesus story from the prospective of a Gentile physician. He sought out those who had known the Lord Jesus personally and learned the facts from their own lips (vv. 1-4). …
Gabriel Announces John’s Birth
Luke takes us back to the time before John the Baptist was conceived, and introduces us to his parents, Zacharias and Elizabeth who were unable to have children. Zacharias was a priest, and he was serving for about a two week period in the Temple (vv. 8- 11). King David …