NT-GOSPEL.filter - geneva conception:

geneva@Luke:1:5 @ There (note:)John, who was another Elias and appointed to be the herald of Christ, coming from the family of Aaron, and of two famous and blameless parents, has shown in his conception (which was against the course of nature) a double miracle, to the end that men should be more readily prepared for the hearing of his preaching, according to the forewarning of the prophets.(:note) was This is a Hebrew idiom which shows us how short and frail a thing the power of princes is. in the days of Herod the great. Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the For the posterity of Aaron was divided into courses. course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.

geneva@John:3:13 @ And no (note:)Only Christ can teach us heavenly things, for no man ascends, etc.(:note) man That is, has any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had any, but only the Son of God who came down to us. hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, this must be understood as referring to his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ's birth upon the earth was heavenly and not earthly, for he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. the Son of man which That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of the whole Christ, to show us that he is but one person in which two natures are united. is in heaven.