21. waited—to receive from him the usual benediction ( :-). tarried so long—It was not usual to tarry long, lest it should be thought vengeance had stricken the people's representative for something wrong [LIGHTFOOT]. read more
22. speechless—dumb, and deaf also (see Luke 1:62). read more
24. hid five months—till the event was put beyond doubt and became apparent. :-. ANNUNCIATION OF CHRIST. (See on :-). read more
26. sixth month—of Elisabeth's time. Joseph, of the house of David—(See on :-). read more
28. highly favoured—a word only once used elsewhere (Ephesians 1:6, "made accepted"): compare Ephesians 1:6- :, "Thou hast found favour with God." The mistake of the Vulgate's rendering, "full of grace," has been taken abundant advantage of by the Romish Church. As the mother of our Lord, she was the most "blessed among women" in external distinction; but let them listen to the Lord's own words. "Nay, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it." (See on Luke 1:1). read more
31. The angel purposely conforms his language to Isaiah's famous prophecy ( :-) [CALVIN]. read more
32, 33. This is but an echo of the sublime prediction in Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7. read more
34. How, &c.—not the unbelief of Zacharias, "Whereby shall I know this?" but, taking the fact for granted, "How is it to be, so contrary to the unbroken law of human birth?" Instead of reproof, therefore, her question is answered in mysterious detail. read more
35. Holy Ghost—(See on :-). power of the highest—the immediate energy of the Godhead conveyed by the Holy Ghost. overshadow—a word suggesting how gentle, while yet efficacious, would be this Power [BENGEL]; and its mysterious secrecy, withdrawn, as if by a cloud, from human scrutiny [CALVIN]. that holy thing born of thee—that holy Offspring of thine. therefore . . . Son of God—That Christ is the Son of God in His divine and eternal nature is clear from all the New Testament; yet here we see... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 1:20
20. dumb—speechless. not able—deprived of the power of speech (Luke 1:64). He asked a sign, and now he got it. until the day that these things shall be performed—See on Luke 1:64- :. read more