1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
In these verses we have an account of the birth of John the Baptist.
1:58 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
And his mouth was opened immediately,.... As soon as ever the child was named, and so all things accomplished which the angel had foretold,
and his tongue loosed; the impediments of speech were removed, and the use of his tongue and lips was restored unto him:
and he spake and praised God; for the safe delivery of his wife; for the birth of his son, the forerunner of Christ;
1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
And fear came - This word certainly means in several places, religious fear or reverence;
1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
1:58 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
And her neighbors and her cousins - rejoiced with her. - Because sterility was a reproach; and they now rejoiced with their relative, from whom that reproach was now rolled away....That lived in Hebron, and the parts adjacent, whether of the house of Aaron, or of the tribe of Judah; to both which she was related, and who dwelt near her, the priests in the city of Hebron, and the children of Judah in the places about it.
1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And it came to pass that on the eighth day,.... The precise time fixed in the normal restitution of the ordinance of circumcision, Genesis 17:12.
1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth: not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called;
1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they said unto her,.... Her neighbors and relations, there is none of thy kindred that is called by this name; from whence it appears, that it was usual to give names to children after their ancestors, relations, and friends. The Persic version renders it, "in thine Israel there is not any one of this name": but the name of Jochanan, or John, was a name very common among the Israelites, though not in Elisabeth's family, or her husband's.
1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
And they made signs to his father,.... Who was deaf, as well as dumb.
1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And he asked for a writing table,.... That is, he made signs for one, for as yet he could not speak. The Persic version renders it "ink", and the Ethiopic, a book, and the Vulgate Latin, a notebook.
1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And it came to pass that on the eighth day,.... The precise time fixed in the normal restitution of the ordinance of circumcision, Genesis 17:12.
1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth: not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called;
1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they said unto her,.... Her neighbors and relations, there is none of thy kindred that is called by this name; from whence it appears, that it was usual to give names to children after their ancestors, relations, and friends. The Persic version renders it, "in thine Israel there is not any one of this name": but the name of Jochanan, or John, was a name very common among the Israelites, though not in Elisabeth's family, or her husband's.
1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
And they made signs to his father,.... Who was deaf, as well as dumb.
1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And he asked for a writing table,.... That is, he made signs for one, for as yet he could not speak. The Persic version renders it "ink", and the Ethiopic, a book, and the Vulgate Latin, a notebook.
The word signifies "a little table", such as they used to write not only "upon", but "in"; and was sometimes of brass, sometimes of wood, and sometimes of wax, on which they wrote with a style or pen,
and wrote, saying, his name is John: not that he must be, or shall be, so called; but this is his name, and no other; being what the angel had given him before his conception, and Zacharias now confirms:
and they marvelled all; they were astonished, not so much at the new name brought into the family, as at the agreement between Elisabeth and Zacharias in this point, when the latter was both deaf and dumb; they knowing nothing, as yet, of the angel's message to him.
and wrote, saying, his name is John: not that he must be, or shall be, so called; but this is his name, and no other; being what the angel had given him before his conception, and Zacharias now confirms:
and they marvelled all; they were astonished, not so much at the new name brought into the family, as at the agreement between Elisabeth and Zacharias in this point, when the latter was both deaf and dumb; they knowing nothing, as yet, of the angel's message to him.
1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
And his mouth was opened immediately,.... As soon as ever the child was named, and so all things accomplished which the angel had foretold,
and his tongue loosed; the impediments of speech were removed, and the use of his tongue and lips was restored unto him:
and he spake and praised God; for the safe delivery of his wife; for the birth of his son, the forerunner of Christ;
1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
And fear came - This word certainly means in several places, religious fear or reverence;
1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
What manner of child shall this be! - As there have been so many extraordinary things in his conception and birth, surely God has designed him for some extraordinary purpose.
These things they laid up in their heart, patiently waiting to see what God would work.
The hand of the Lord was with him - God defended and prospered him in all things, and the prophetic spirit began to rest upon him.
The hand of the Lord was with him - God defended and prospered him in all things, and the prophetic spirit began to rest upon him.
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