Shall be no end (ουκ εστα τελος). Luke reports the perpetuity of this Davidic kingdom over the house of Jacob with no Pauline inte…

Over the house of Jacob. The house of Jacob means the same thing as the family of Jacob, or the descendants of Jacob—tha…

He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever.—Here, again, the apparent promise is that of a kingdom restored to Israe…

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was…

When the angel saw that Mary was troubled by this unusual greeting, in which he called her by name as if he knew her well, he told her not to be af…

The striking term “Son of the Most High” (v.33; cf. vv.35, 76) leads to a clear messianic affirmation—the reference to the eternal throne and kingd…

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob. As salvation was promised, in a particular manner, to the Jews (the covenant having been made …

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob Not over the Jews, the posterity of Jacob, in a literal sense; but over the wh…

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…