Fear (φοβος). Not terror, but religious awe because of contact with the supernatural as in the case of Zacharias (1:12). Were nois…

And fear came, and so on. The word fear often denotes religious reverence. The remarkable circumstances attending the birth of Jo…

All the hill country of Judea.—The district so designated included the mountain plateau to the south of Jerusalem, which reaches …

Theophylact of Ohrid: Just as the people marveled at the silence of Zacharias, they also marveled when he spoke. Therefore,…

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 fear fell upon all. This fear, mentioned by Luke, proceeded from a feeling of the divine power, for the works of God should be contemp…

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them
That is, the fear of God, an awful reverence of the divine majesty;…

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…