14. Joy and gladness (xyapd «ai ayaddaows). The latter word expresses exultant joy. See on 1 Pet.i. 6,
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15. Strong drink (cixepa). A Hebrew word, meaning any kind of intoxicating liquor not made from grapes. Wye., sydir.
Even from his mother’s womb. “Ez, yet, still, means while yet unborn. Tynd., even in his mother’s womb. Compare ver. 41.
17. Wisdom (d¢povjce). Wye., prudence. This is a lower word than codia, wisdom (see on Jas. iii. 13). It is an attrd- bute or result of wisdom, and not necessarily in a good sense, though mostly so in the New Testament. Compare, however, the use of the kindred word ¢pdviuos in Rom. xi. 253; xii. 16: wise im your own conceits ; and the adverb fpovipws, wisely, of the unjust steward, Luke xvi. 8. It is practical intelligence, which may or may not be applied to good ends. Appropriate here as a practical term corresponding to disobedient.
Prepared (xatacxevacpévov). Adjusted, disposed, placed in the right moral state.
18. Whereby (cata ri). Lit., according to what? It de- mands a standard of knowledge, a sign.
For. I require a sign, for I am old.
19. Gabriel. Meaning man of God. In Jewish tradition the guardian of the sacred treasury. Michael (see on Jude 9) is the destroyer, the champion of God against evil, the minister of wrath. Gabriel is the messenger of peace and restoration. See Dan. vail. 06s iix, 91) “<The former “is the forerunner of Jehovah the Judge; the latter of Jehovah the Saviour”
(Godet).
20. Thou shalt be silent (gon atwrav). Lit., thou shalt be being silent. The finite verb and participle denote continuance.
Not able to speak. Showing that the silence would not be voluntary,
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My words which (ofteves). The pronoun is qualitative, de- noting aclass. ‘ My words, which, incredible as they seem to you, are of a kind which shall be fulfilled.
In their season (eis tov xatpov). The preposition implies exactness: at the completion of the appointed time. The pro- cess of fulfilment, beginning now, will go on, eis, wp to, the ap- pointed time, and at the time will be consummated. Kauzpor, season, is more specific than ypovos, time.. It is an appointed, Jjitting time: the right point of time when circumstances shall concur.
21. Waited (4v rpocdoxev). The finite verb and participle, denoting protracted waiting. Hence, better as Rev., were wait- ing. Wyc., was abiding.
Marvelled. According to the Talmud, the priests, especially the chief priests, were accustomed to spend only a short time in the sanctuary, otherwise it was feared that they had been slain by God for unworthiness or transgression.
22. They perceived (érréyywoav). Clearly perceived. See on Matt. vii. 16, and ver. 4.
He beckoned (7 dvavevwv). Better Rev., continued making signs. Again the participle with the finite verb, denoting fre- quent repetition of the same signs. Wyc., was beckoning.
23. Ministration (NevToupyias). From Xe?ros, belonging to the people, public, and épyov, a work. MHence service of the state im a public office. Trench observes that “when the Christian Church was forming its terminology, which it did partly by shaping new words, and partly by elevating old ones to higher than their previous uses, of the latter it more readily adopted those before employed in civil and political life, than such as had played their part in religious matters.” Hence it adopted this word, already in use in the Septuagint, as the constant word for performing priestly and ministerval functions ; and so in
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the New Testament of the ministry of the apostles, prophets, and teachers.
24. Conceived (cvvédaBev). Mr. Ilobart (“ Medical Lan- guage of Luke”) says that the number of words referring to pregnancy, barrenness, etc., used by Luke, is almost as large as that used by Hippocrates. Compare i. 31; i. 24; i. 5; 1. 7; xx, 28. All of these, except i. 24, are peculiar to himself, and all, of course, in common use among medical writers.