Pentecost Season · Year C
Nativity of St John the Baptist: Mass
June 24, 2028
Overview & Insights
"How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" (Luke 13:34).
Warned that Herod wants to kill him, Jesus calls Herod a fox and declares that he must keep going toward Jerusalem, since it is not fitting for a prophet to die away from that city. He then laments over Jerusalem's resistance to God's messengers, longing to gather the city like a hen gathers her chicks.
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Commentary
Luke 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the naming of John and Zechariah's restored speech.
Luke 1 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse resource collection on the chapter.
Luke 1:57 Commentaries BibleHub
Gathers classic commentary on John's birth and naming.
Luke 1 (Barnes) StudyLight
Barnes on the meaning of Zechariah's insistence on the name John.
Luke 1 (Gill) StudyLight
Gill's exposition offers a second close reading of the birth narrative.
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