Luke uses reliable sources from the very beginning. He has carefully investigated & gives a detailed account of all that happened among them. He does this so Theophilus may know the certainty of what he has been taught.
John was to bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, all to make ready a people prepared for The Lord. He was a prophet, preparing the way for the Lord.
Zechariah was punished because he did not believe the angel bringing God's message. He instead saw his own circumstances and situation. Instead he should have seen God and believed.
Features of the person & mission of the Lord Jesus: a son, called Jesus, He will be great, called Son of the Most High, given David's throne, eternal reign of the house of Jacob, never ending Kingdom.
Mary's response is belief despite the circumstances.
Mary's speech tells of God as Saviour, a caring God, mighty One, called holy, merciful forever. He is mighty and humbles the proud and exalts the humble. Mary shows herself as a humble, happy believer.
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