Verses of Luke 1
Luke 1:1 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
§ 1. LUKE’S PREFACE, Luk 1:1-4 .
1. Forasmuch Luke here informs us that the many attempts made to reduce the oral and documentary gospel matter to form had induced him to furnish a complete, orderly, and reliable Gospel.
Many The history of the doings and sayings of Jesus would necessarily constitute a main amount of the preaching of the apostles. Of this history so preached every Church, at any rate, if not many private Christians, would desire to possess some sketch or summary. These would be raw material for history, but not of sufficient authority to become a standard gospel for the Christian Church at large. Among these defective particulars of the many, the gospels of Matthew and Mark, even if written previous to the publication of Luke’s, are not to be included. Matthew’s gospel as yet was in the Hebrew language, and Mark’s was published in distant Italy, so that neither probably was yet in circulation in the locality where Luke was conversant.
Have taken in hand Have undertaken. The phrase in itself expresses neither success nor failure; and so implies neither praise nor censure. The only terms, indeed, in which Luke implies censure are those in which he expresses the excellences he expected his own gospel to exhibit. These excellences will be found to consist in the earliness of the point at which his history begins the care with which he had investigated everything to the bottom, and the certainty of his confirmation.
To set forth in order To arrange. It does not, therefore, seem that Luke reprehends any very great want of orderly arrangement in the documents of these
many. A declaration A narrative or relation. Something less than a history, yet constituting a summary of the matter, however long or short.
Things… most surely believed among us Things held as absolute facts, on the surest evidence, by the full faith of the Church.
Verses of Luke 1
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Luke 1:1 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Luke 1:1 - The Greek Testament
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Luke 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Luke 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Luke 1:1 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Luke 1:1 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Luke 1:1 - B.H. Carroll's An Interpretation of the English Bible
Luke 1:1 - Through the Bible Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Luke 1:1 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Luke 1:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Luke 1:1 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luke 1:1 - James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 1:1 - John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Expositors Bible Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 1:1 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Luke 1:1 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Luke 1:1 - Expositor's Dictionary of Text by Robertson
Luke 1:1 - F. B. Hole's Old and New Testaments Commentary
Luke 1:1 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Luke 1:1 - Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (Commentary)
Luke 1:1 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Luke 1:1 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Luke 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Luke 1:1 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)
Luke 1:1 - Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Luke 1:1 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Luke 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Luke 1:1 - International Critical Commentary New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Luke 1:1 - Commentaries on the New Testament and Prophets
Luke 1:1 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Luke 1:1 - William Kelly Major Works (New Testament)
Luke 1:1 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Luke 1:1 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Luke 1:1 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
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Luke 1:1 - Neighbour's Wells of Living Water
Luke 1:1 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Grant's Numerical Bible Notes and Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Luke 1:1 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Luke 1:1 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Luke 1:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Luke 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Luke 1:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels
Luke 1:1 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Luke 1:1 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 1:1 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 1:1 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Luke 1:1 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Luke 1:1 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).