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Luke 1:65

A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - John;   Miracles;   Zacharias (Zechariah);   The Topic Concordance - John the Baptist;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judea, Modern;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - John;   Judea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elizabeth;   John the baptist;   Zechariah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - John the Baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Angel;   Union Hypostatical;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Juttah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   John;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   John the Baptist;   Name, Names;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fear ;   Hill;   Infancy;   Judah ;   Reality;   Zacharias ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mount, Mountain;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Theophilus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisabeth;   Judaea the hill country of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - John, the Baptize;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abroad;   Hill;   Hill;   Noise;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - John the Baptist;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.
King James Version (1611)
And feare came on all that dwelt round about them, and all these sayings were noised abroad thorowout all the hill countrey of Iudea.
King James Version
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
English Standard Version
And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea,
New American Standard Bible
And fear came on all those who lived around them; and all these matters were being talked about in the entire hill country of Judea.
New Century Version
All their neighbors became alarmed, and in all the mountains of Judea people continued talking about all these things.
Amplified Bible
Then fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.
Legacy Standard Bible
And fear came on all those living around them, and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.
Berean Standard Bible
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
Contemporary English Version
All the neighbors were frightened because of what had happened, and everywhere in the hill country people kept talking about these things.
Complete Jewish Bible
All their neighbors were awestruck; and throughout the hill country of Y'hudah, people talked about all these things.
Darby Translation
And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.
Easy-to-Read Version
And all their neighbors were afraid. In all the hill country of Judea, people continued talking about these things.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then feare came on all them that dwelt neere vnto them, and all these woordes were noised abroade throughout all the hill countrey of Iudea.
George Lamsa Translation
And fear came on all their neighbors; and these things were spoken throughout the mountain of Judaea.
Good News Translation
The neighbors were all filled with fear, and the news about these things spread through all the hill country of Judea.
Lexham English Bible
And fear came on all those who lived near them, and in all the hill country of Judea all these events were discussed.
Literal Translation
And fear came on all those living around them. And in all the hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.
American Standard Version
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
Bible in Basic English
And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.
Hebrew Names Version
Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Yehudah.
International Standard Version
Fear came over all their neighbors, and throughout the hill country of Judea all these things were being discussed.Luke 1:39;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And there was fear upon all around them; and in all the hill country of Jehud were these things spoken.
Murdock Translation
And fear came upon all their neighbors; and these things were talked of in all the mountain [fn] of Judaea.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them: And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie.
English Revised Version
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
World English Bible
Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them, and all these things were noised abroad, in all the hill-country of Judea.
Weymouth's New Testament
And all who lived round about them were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judaea reports of all these things were spread abroad.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And drede was maad on alle her neiyboris, and alle these wordis weren pupplischid on alle the mounteyns of Judee.
Update Bible Version
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.
Webster's Bible Translation
And fear came on all that dwelt around them; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judea.
New English Translation
All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.
New King James Version
Then fear came on all who dwelt around them; and all these sayings were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea.
New Living Translation
Awe fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills.
New Life Bible
All those who lived near them were afraid. The news of what had happened was told through all the hill country of Judea.
New Revised Standard
Fear came over all their neighbors, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And fear came upon all the neighbours themselves; and, throughout all the hill-country of Judaea, were all these matters being much talked of;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And fear came upon all their neighbours: and all these things were noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea.
Revised Standard Version
And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And feare came on all the that dwelt nye vnto them. And all these sayinges were noysed abroade throughout all ye hyll coutre of Iurie
Young's Literal Translation
And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there came a feare vpon all their neghbours. And all this acte was noysed abrode thorow out all the hill countre of Iewry:
Mace New Testament (1729)
All the neighbourhood were struck with reverence, and the rumour of these events ran thro' all the mountains of Judea,
Simplified Cowboy Version
God was doing such great things that it spooked most of the people. In all the hill country of Judea, people were freaking out about the things that had happened.

Contextual Overview

57When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. 59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." 61"But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. 63Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! 65A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fear: Luke 7:16, Acts 2:43, Acts 5:5, Acts 5:11, Acts 19:17, Revelation 11:11

sayings: or, things

all the: Luke 1:39, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:40

Reciprocal: Luke 2:18 - wondered Luke 2:33 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them,.... That is, the fear of God, an awful reverence of the divine majesty; they perceived the hand of God was in these things, and that these were effects of divine power; and which made very serious impressions upon their minds, and they thought, and spoke of them with great solemnity; see Acts 2:43.

and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea: the several things relating to the appearance of the angel to Zacharias in the temple; his message to him; the striking him deaf and dumb; the conception of Elisabeth, who had been barren; the birth of her son; the unusual name given him; and the more unusual manner in which it was given; and the opening of Zacharias's mouth, and the loosening of his tongue upon this, were reported, and commonly talked of by all people to that part of Judea, where the parents of John dwelt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And fear came ... - The word “fear” often denotes ‘religious reverence.’ The remarkable circumstances attending the birth of John, and the fact that Zechariah was suddenly restored to speech, convinced them that God was there, and filled their minds with awe and veneration.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 65. And fear came — Seeing what they might have thought a paralytic affection so suddenly and effectually healed. φοβος - This word certainly means in several places, religious fear or reverence; and in this sense it is used Acts 9:31; Romans 3:18; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 2:18; 1 Peter 3:2. The meaning of it here is plainly this: The inhabitants of Hebron and its environs, who were well acquainted with the circumstances of Zacharias and Elisabeth, perceived that God had in a remarkable manner visited them; and this begot in their minds a more than ordinary reverence for the Supreme Being. Thus the salvation of one often becomes an instrument of good to the souls of many. The inhabitants of this hill country seem to have been an open, honest-hearted, generous people; who were easily led to acknowledge the interposition of God, and to rejoice in the comfort and welfare of each other. The people of the country are more remarkable for these qualities than those in towns and cities. The latter, through that evil communication which corrupts good manners, are generally profligate, selfish, regardless of God, and inattentive to the operation of his hands.


 
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