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Angelic Announcement


Angelic Announcement

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As Zechariah offers up the incense and prayer, an angel appears. Angelic visitations to announce births of major figures are common in the Old Testament (Gen 16:10–11; 17:15–19; 18:10–15; 25:23; Judg 13:3–21). This announcement is unusual, however, in that the father rather than the mother receives the message. The angel’s arrival produces fear in the priest. He senses the presence of God’s agent (Lk1:29–30; 1:65; 2:9; 5:8–10, 26; 7:16; 8:37; 9:34) and is taken back by this surprising development.


Bock, Darrell L. Luke. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994. Print. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series.

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