Immediately (παραχρημα). Nineteen times in the N.T., seventeen in Luke.

Opened (ανεωιχθη). First aorist pa…

His mouth was opened. That is, he was enabled to speak. For nine months he had been mute, and they probably supposed he had been afflicted…

His tongue loosed.—The verb is supplied by the translators because the one previously used applied strictly only to the m…

St. John Chrysostom: The rite of circumcision was first given to Abraham as a sign of distinction, so that the lineage of the …

His time of disability over, Zechariah’s first words were words of praise.

Luke goes on to stress the widespread response to the events surro…

And his mouth was instantly opened: God puts honor on the birth of his prophet by restoring speech to his father, for there can be no doub…

And his mouth was opened immediately
As soon as ever the child was named, and so all things accomplished which the a…

In these verses, we have an account of the birth of John the Baptist and the great joy among all the relatives of the family. He was to be called J…