Luke 1:65 (WEB)
Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
Catechism · 1
Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit. In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Fathers and councils · 7
Augustine of Hippo
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One…
Read the whole comment“…Him, recognized Him; that Zacharias, being filled with the Holy Ghost, said many things; that Mary herself received the Holy Ghost to conceive the Lord.” — editor's note: Luke i. 35–79.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(Luke 1:65) But perhaps, since Elias was expected to appear before the coming of Christ near the end, they may seem to put the question figuratively, Art thou he who announcest the coming of Christ at the end of the world? to which he answers, I am not.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
As at the silence of Zacharias the people marvelled, so likewise when he spoke. Hence it is said, And fear came upon all; that from these two circumstances all might believe there was something great in the child…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
For forerunning signs prepare the way for the forerunner of the truth, and the future prophet is recommended by auspices sent before him; hence it follows, For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
For God worked miracles in John which he did not himself, but the right hand of God in him.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Luke
But mystically, at the time of our Lord’s resurrection, by the preaching of the grace of Christ, a wholesome dread shook the hearts not only of the Jews, (who were neighbours, either from the place of their dwelling,…
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Origen on John 1:19–23 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 1:19–23 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 1:19–23 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 1:19–23 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 1:19–23 (5) (Catena Aurea).