62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
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And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 57-66)In these verses, we have, I. The birth of John Baptist, Luke 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our Saviour): Elisabeth’s full time came, that she should be delivered , and then she brought forth a son . Promised mercies are to be expected when the full time for them is come, and not before. II. The grea…
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