Sermon Tone Analysis
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Introduction
Historical Context (Luke 1:57-66)
Birth of John the Baptist (57-58)
Luke 1:57–58 (ESV)
57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
Naming of John (59-64)
Luke 1:59–64 (ESV)
59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child.
And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.”
62 And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.
63 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.”
And they all wondered.
64 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
Neighbor’s question John (65-66)
Luke 1:65–66 (ESV)
65 And fear came on all their neighbors.
And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, 66 and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?”
For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Zechariah’s prophecy
Luke 1:67 (ESV)
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Angel’s message to Zechariah informs him that John will be filled with the Holy Spirit.
(Luke 1:15)
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit when Mary arrived at her house.
(Luke 1:41)
Prophesied
Prophesied - to speak under the influence of divine inspiration, with or without reference to future events—‘to prophesy, to make inspired utterances.’
(Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida.
Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 439.
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