John Gill's Exposition on Luke 1:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when he came out, he could not speak unto them, etc.] Or deliver the benediction they were waiting for: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: which he made them to understand, by the gestures he used: for he beckoned unto them; nodding his head, or by some motions of his hands the Ethiopic version adds, “with his hand”: or of his lips; for the signs of a dumb man are distinguished into hzymr, and hxypq f64; the one is a sign which is expressed by the head and hands; and the other is a sign expressed by the lips: hence that rule, f65 “a dumb man beckons, and is beckoned to; and Ben Bethira says, he moves his lips, and lips are moved to him:” and remained speechless; to the time the angel fixed.

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