Luke 1:7 (WEB)
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
Fathers and councils · 13
Augustine of Hippo
“And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.” — editor's note: Luke i. 5–36.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
St. Luke commences the history of his Gospel with Zacharias and the birth of John; relating one marvellous event before another, the less before the greater. For since a virgin was about to become a mother, it had…
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Now the time of Herod, i. e. of a foreign king, bears witness to our Lord’s coming, for it had been foretold, The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. (Gen.…
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Divine Scripture teaches us with respect to those whom we commemorate, that not only the characters of the men themselves, but of their parents also, ought to be praised, that they might be distinguished by an…
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For John was allotted a Priestly tribe, that he might with the more authority herald forth a change of priesthood.
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His birth is implied in the mention made of his ancestors. Of the course of Abia, i. e. of high rank among the noblest families.
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There were Princes of the Sanctuary or High Priests, both of the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Thamar, whose courses according to their respective services when they entered into the House of God David divided into…
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Wishing to shew also that John was legally of Priestly descent, Luke adds, And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth, for it was not permitted to the Jews to take a wife from any other…
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John was born of just parents, that so he might the more boldly give precepts of justice to the people, which he had not learnt as novelties, but had received by right of inheritance from his ancestors. Hence it…
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Here their whole character is comprehended in their justice, but it is well said before God, for a man by affecting a popular good-will might seem just to me, but not be just before God, if that justice instead of…
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Not only Elisabeth, but the wives of the Patriarchs also, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, were barren, which was counted a disgrace among the ancients. Not that their barrenness was the effect of sin, since all were just and…
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And that you might learn that the law of God seeketh not a bodily increase of sons but a spiritual, both were far advanced, not only in the body but in the Spirit, “making ascents in their heartb,” having their life…
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 1:5–7 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:5–7 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 1:5–7 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 1:5–7 (3) (Catena Aurea).