Luke 7:16 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:16

A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

BSB

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ASV

And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.

KJV

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 37 (444)

Let it be known to people everywhere that the Lord is God, and even though he appeared in a form like us, yet has he given us the indications of a godlike power and majesty on many occasions and in a multitude of ways. He drove away diseases and rebuked unclean spirits. He gave the blind their sight. Finally, he even expelled death itself from the bodies of men, death that cruelly and mercilessly had tyrannized humankind from Adam even to Moses, according to the expression of the divine Paul. That widow's son at Nain arose unexpectedly and wonderfully.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Lord and his goodness, as well as the Lord and his greatness, are to be feared. The inference they drew from it was, " A great prophet is risen up among us, the great prophet that we have been long looking for; doubtless, he is one divinely inspired who can thus breathe life into the dead, and in him God hath visited his people, to redeem them, as was expected," Luke i.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

God hath visited his people - Several MSS. and versions add, εις αγαθον, for good. Sometimes God visited his people in the way of judgment, to consume them in their transgressions; but it was now plain that he had visited them in the most tender compassion and mercy. This seems to have been added by some ancient copyist, by way of explanation.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The wondrous event described in these verses, is only recorded in Luke's Gospel. It is one of the three great instances of our Lord restoring a dead person to life — and, like the raising of Lazarus and the ruler's daughter, is rightly regarded as one of the greatest miracles which He wrought on earth. In all three cases, we see an exercise of divine power.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔλαβεν	elaben	Seized	G2983 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
φόβος	phobos	fear	G5401 →
πάντας,	pantas	all,	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐδόξαζον	edoxazon	they were glorifying	G1392 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
προφήτης	prophētēs	A prophet	G4396 →
μέγας	megas	great	G3173 →
ἠγέρθη	ēgerthē	was raised up	G1453 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ἡμῖν,	hēmin	us!	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐπεσκέψατο	epeskepsato	Has visited	G1980 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λαὸν	laon	people	G2992 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him!	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 1:68
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
leads to
- Psalms 106:48
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
- Psalms 111:9
  He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Psalms 41:13
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
- Exodus 4:31
  and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- 1 Kings 1:48
  saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
Through
Matthew 9:8
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
leads to
- Matthew 15:31
  The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
- Acts 4:21
  After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
Through
Matthew 15:31
The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
leads to
- Matthew 9:8
  When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Luke