Valley (φαραγξ). Here only in the N.T., though in the LXX and ancient Greek. It is a ravine or valley hedged in by precipices.

1. The fact that the genealogy goes back to Adam may have been originally in the document which Saint Luke translated, without any special si…

Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his…

St. Ambrose of Milan: The Word came, and the voice followed. For the Word first works inward, then the office of the voice fo…

Luke found a clear prophecy of the ministry of John the Baptist in Isa 40:3. He includes more of the quotation than Matthew and Mark do. First he c…

Every valley shall be filled
Luke cites more out of the same prophecy, as relating to the times of John the Baptist,…

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…