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Was sent (απεσταλη). Second aorist passive indicative of αποστελλω from which apostle comes. The angel Gabriel is God's mes…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
In the sixth month. The sixth month after Elisabeth's conception.
A city of Galilee, named Nazareth.
See Barnes on Ma…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And in the sixth month.—The time is obviously reckoned from the beginning of the period specified in Luke 1:24.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was …
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
The Venerable Bede: The angel was sent to Mary in the sixth month of John’s conception to announce that a Savior would be born.…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The mention of Elizabeth’s “sixth month” (cf. v.24, 36) establishes a link between Jesus and the prophet John the Baptist. Nazareth was a small tow…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Now in the sixth month. It was a wonderful dispensation of the divine purpose, and far removed from the ordinary judgment of men, that God…
John Gill
JohnGill
And in the sixth month
After Elisabeth's conception; for so long was John the Baptist conceived before Christ, and s…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We have here an account of the mother of our Lord. Although we are not to pray to her, we ought to praise God for her. Christ had to be born miracu…
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A.T. Robertson
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