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Selected Verse: Luke 1:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 1:16 |
King James |
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| A religious and moral reformer, Elijah-like, he should be (Mal 4:6, where the "turning of the people's heart to the Lord" is borrowed from Kg1 18:37). In both cases their success, though great, was partial--the nation was not gained. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Children of Israel - Jews. Descendants of Israel or Jacob.
Shall he turn - By repentance. He shall call them from their sins, and persuade them to forsake them, and to seek the Lord their God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And many of the children of Israel shall he turn - None therefore need be ashamed of "preaching like John the Baptist." To the Lord their God - To Christ. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Many of the children of Israel shall he turn - See this prediction fulfilled, Luk 3:10-18. |
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.