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Awe, Not Terror
When the verse says "fear came on all," commentators clarify this was not fright but a profound religious awe. Scholars explain that witnessing the miraculous events surrounding John's birth and Zacharias's restored speech made people aware of God's direct presence and power, filling them with reverence. This is the appropriate human response when encountering the supernatural.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 1:65
18th Century
Theologian
And fear came, and so on. The word fear often denotes religious reverence. The remarkable circumstances attending the birth of Jo…
AT Robertson
On Luke 1:65
Fear (φοβος). Not terror, but religious awe because of contact with the supernatural as in the case of Zacharias (1:12). Were nois…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 1:65
19th Century
Bishop
All the hill country of Judea.—The district so designated included the mountain plateau to the south of Jerusalem, which reaches …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 1:65
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…
John Calvin
On Luke 1:65
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Luke 1:65
17th Century
Pastor
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them
That is, the fear of God, an awful reverence of the divine majesty;…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 1:57–66
17th Century
Minister
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…