Friday, June 12, 2020

The writings of Luke the physician starting with his version of the gospel - Luke 1:57-66 comments: John the Baptist is born




Luke 1:57 ¶  Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58  And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59  And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60  And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61  And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62  And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63  And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. 64  And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. 65  And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. 66  And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

Zacharias can finally speak again. Notice when God looses someone’s tongue they can speak even if they are an animal.

Mark 7:32  And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33  And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34  And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

Numbers 22:28  And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

The verse in Numbers suggests that animals do have thoughts and memory. They just don’t have speech as we do. We know the animal prototypes in Heaven, the Cherubim or Living Creatures, speak. See Ezekiel 10 and;

Revelation 5:14a  And the four beasts said, Amen...

The hand of the Lord was with John the Baptist. So, it was with Elijah.

1Kings 18:46  And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

All things and all events are in His hand and God has control over every aspect of reality, no matter how unpleasant or painful, or how joyous or beneficial.

For verse 63 a writing table was a book or leaf of a book or stone on which you would write or engrave.

Exodus 24:12  And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Isaiah 30:8  Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

Jeremiah 17:1  The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

As Thomas’ 1587 Latin and English dictionary defined it; “a table, a board, a plank, a book or register for memory of things, a paper journal, a writing table…”

(2) “Writing table,” search in University of Toronto’s Lexicons of Early Modern English, https://leme.library.utoronto.ca/

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