14And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-25)The two preceding evangelists had agreed to begin the gospel with the baptism of John and his ministry, which commenced about six months before our Saviour’s public ministry (and now, things being near a crisis, six months was a deal of time, which before was but a little ), and therefore this evangelist, designing to give a more particular account than had been given of our Saviour’s conception a…
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