Lucas 1:13

Filipino Cebuano Bible

13 Apan ang manolunda miingon kaniya, "Ayaw kalisang, Zacarias, kay ang imong pangamuyo nadungog, ug si Elisabet nga imong asawa magaanak ug usa ka bata nga lalaki alang kanimo, ug paganganlan mo siyag Juan.

Bible Verse Review
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Fear: Luke 24:36-40, Judges 6:23, Daniel 10:12, Matthew 28:5, Mark 16:6

thy prayer: Genesis 25:21, 1 Samuel 1:20-23, Psalms 118:21, Acts 10:31, and they, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:14, Judges 13:3-5, 1 Samuel 2:21, 2 Kings 4:16, 2 Kings 4:17, Psalms 113:9, Psalms 127:3-5

thou: Luke 1:60-63, Luke 2:21, Genesis 17:19, Isaiah 8:3, Hosea 1:4, Hosea 1:6, Hosea 1:9, Hosea 1:10, Matthew 1:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - Fear Genesis 16:11 - shalt Genesis 18:10 - Sarah Genesis 30:17 - General 2 Samuel 9:7 - Fear not 2 Kings 20:5 - I have heard 2 Chronicles 7:12 - I have heard Proverbs 29:3 - loveth Ecclesiastes 3:2 - time to be born Ecclesiastes 3:4 - a time to laugh Isaiah 38:5 - I have heard Isaiah 41:10 - Fear Matthew 3:1 - John Luke 1:25 - hath Luke 1:30 - General Luke 1:31 - and shalt Luke 1:57 - General Luke 1:63 - His Luke 2:10 - Fear not Luke 24:5 - they John 1:6 - John Acts 10:4 - thy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the angel said unto him, fear not, Zacharias,.... He calls him by his name; for holy men are known to angels in person, and by name; to whom they are ministering spirits, and for whose good they are concerned; and bid him not be afraid, as the angel also said to the women at Christ's sepulchre, Matthew 28:5 for he saw by his countenance and gestures, that he was greatly surprised and terrified at the sight of him:

for thy prayer is heard; which he had many years ago put up for a son; for it cannot be thought that he had been now praying for one, being in such an advanced age, and having for years past given up all hopes of one, and was even unbelieving, when he was told by the angel he should have one: prayer is sometimes immediately heard, and answered; and sometimes an answer is deferred a long time, to try the faith and patience of the saints, and to discover the more the wisdom, power, and goodness of God: or this may have regard to his present prayer, one branch of which might concern the coming of the Messiah, which was now expecting, and therefore is told, that his prayer was heard; since the angel that appeared to him, brought him the news of the conception and birth of his forerunner:

and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son; who had been always barren, and was called so, Luke 1:7

And thou shalt call his name John; in Hebrew, "Jochanan", and signifies "gracious": a fit name for one that was filled with the gifts and graces of the Spirit; and was the harbinger of the Messiah, who is full of grace and truth; and the ushered in the Messiah's kingdom, which is a dispensation of grace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy prayer is heard - That is, thy prayer for offspring. This, among the Jews, was an object of intense desire. No prospect was more gloomy to them than that of dying childless, so that their “name should perish.” Special pains, therefore, had been taken in the law to keep up the names of families by requiring a man to marry his brother’s wife, Deuteronomy 25:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 1:13. Thy prayer is heard — This probably refers,

1st, to the frequent prayers which he had offered to God for a son; and

2dly, to those which he had offered for the deliverance and consolation of Israel.

They are all heard-thou shalt have a son, and Israel shall be saved. If fervent faithful prayers be not immediately answered, they should not be considered as lost; all such are heard by the Lord, are registered in heaven, and shall be answered in the most effectual way, and in the best time. Answers to prayer are to be received by faith; but faith should not only accompany prayer while offered on earth, but follow it all its way to the throne of grace, and stay with it before the throne till dismissed with its answer to the waiting soul.

Thou shalt call his name John. — For the proper exposition of this name, Mark 1:4.