orthjbc - Luke:1:1-23

orthjbc@Luke:1:1 @ Vi-bahlt (note:)since(:note) many Messianic Sofrim have attempted to compile a sefer, a historical narrative, about the momentous events that have been fulfilled among us,

orthjbc@Luke:1:2 @ just as these [masoret haShluchim] have been handed down to us by those who from HaReshit [of the Besuras HaGeulah] were edei re'iyah (note:)eyewitnesses(:note) and mesharetim [ministers] of the Dvar Hashem,

orthjbc@Luke:1:3 @ I thought it expeditous also, having done an iyun, accurately and carefully being meayen in every source and and making a medakdeke investigation of every aspect from HaReshit, to write for you and to mesader (note:)arrange, place in order or succession(:note) an orderly account, most noble Theophilus,

orthjbc@Luke:1:4 @ that you may have da'as of HaEmes regarding the Divrei Moshiach about which you took shiurim (note:)lessons(:note). THE HULEDET OF KOHEN-NAVI YOCHANAN OF THE TEVILAH OF TESHUVA FORETOLD

orthjbc@Luke:1:5 @ At the time of Herod king of Yehudah, there was an a certain kohen by the name Zecharyah, who belonged to the Aviyah division. His isha was of the banot Aharon and her name was Elisheva. [Divrey Hayamim Alef strkjv@24:10]

orthjbc@Luke:1:6 @ And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvot and chukim of the Torah of Adoneinu. [Bereshis strkjv@6:9; Devarim strkjv@5:33; Melachim Alef strkjv@9:4]

orthjbc@Luke:1:7 @ But they had no ben, because Elisheva was barren, and they were both advanced in their yamim.

orthjbc@Luke:1:8 @ And it came to pass in the performance of his avodas kodesh sherut as a kohen before Hashem in the appointed order of his division, [Divrey Hayamim Alef strkjv@24:19; Divrey Hayamim Bais strkjv@8:14]

orthjbc@Luke:1:9 @ according to the minhag (note:)custom(:note) of the kehunah, Zecharyah was chosen by lot to enter the Beis Hamikdash and to offer ketoket incense. [Shemot strkjv@30:7,8; Divrey Hayamim Alef strkjv@23:13; Divrey Hayamim Bais strkjv@29:11; Tehillim strkjv@141:2]

orthjbc@Luke:1:10 @ And when the hour of the offering ot the ketoket came, all the multitude were davening outside. [Vayikra strkjv@16:17]

orthjbc@Luke:1:11 @ And there appeared to Zecharyah a malach Hashem, standing on the right side of the Mitzbe'ach of ketoret. [Shemot strkjv@30:1-10]

orthjbc@Luke:1:12 @ And, seeing the malach, Zecharyah was terrified, and pachad (note:)fear(:note) fell on him. [Shofetim strkjv@6:22,23; strkjv@13:22]

orthjbc@Luke:1:13 @ But the malach said to him, "Do not have pachad, Zecharyah. Your tefillah was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.

orthjbc@Luke:1:14 @ "And he will be a simcha to you and sasson, and there will be sasson rav at his huledet.

orthjbc@Luke:1:15 @ "And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his em (note:)mother(:note), [Bamidbar strkjv@6:3; Vayikra strkjv@10:9; Shofetim strkjv@13:4; Yirmeyah strkjv@1:5]

orthjbc@Luke:1:16 @ "and many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.

orthjbc@Luke:1:17 @ "And he will go forth before Adonoi in the Ruach and Ko'ach of Eliyahu, "VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM" (note:)"And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children" Malachi strkjv@3:24 [4:6](:note) and those without mishma'at obedience to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am People having been made ready." [Malachi strkjv@4:5,6]

orthjbc@Luke:1:18 @ And Zecharyah said to the malach, "Just how will I have da'as that this is so? For I am old and my isha is advanced in her yamim." [Bereshis strkjv@15:8; strkjv@17:17]

orthjbc@Luke:1:19 @ And in reply, the malach said to Zecharyah, "I am Gavri'el, I stand before Hashem. And I was sent to speak to you and to announce these things to you. [Daniel strkjv@8:16; strkjv@9:21]

orthjbc@Luke:1:20 @ "And --hinei!--, you will be ilem (note:)mute(:note) and not be able to speak, until the yom when these things come to pass, because you did not have emunah in my dvarim, which will be fulfilled in their time." [Shemot strkjv@4:11; Yechezkel strkjv@3:26]

orthjbc@Luke:1:21 @ And the people were expecting Zecharyah and they were bewildered at his delay in the Beis HaMikdash.

orthjbc@Luke:1:22 @ And when he came out, he was ilem (note:)mute(:note) and not able to speak to them, and they had da'as that he had seen a chazon vision in the Heikhal. He kept motioning to them and he remained ilem.

orthjbc@Luke:1:23 @ And it came about as the yamim of his sherut as a kohen were fulfilled, he went to his bais.