SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:11
Y se le apareci un ngel del Seor puesto en pie a la derecha del altar del incienso.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 1:11
Verse 11. There appeared-an angel of the Lord] There had been neither prophecy nor angelic ministry vouchsafed to this people for about 400 years. But now, as the Sun of righteousness is about to arise upon them, the day-spring from on high visits them, that they may be prepared for that kingdom of God which was at hand. Every circumstance here is worthy of remark: 1. That an angel should now appear, as such a favour had not been granted for 400 years. 2. The person to whom this angel was sent-one of the priests. The sacerdotal office itself pointed out the Son of God till he came: by him it was to be completed, and in him it was to be eternally established:-Thou art a priest for ever, Psa. cx. 4. 3. The place in which the angel appeared-Jerusalem; out of which the word of the Lord should go forth, Isa. ii. 3, and not at Hebron, in the hill country of Judea, where Zacharias lived, chap. i. 39, which was the ordinary residence of the priests, Joshua xxi. 11, where there could have been few witnesses of this interposition of God, and the effects produced by it. 4. The place where he was when the angel appeared to him-in the temple, which was the place where God was to be sought; the place of his residence, and a type of the human nature of the blessed Jesus, John ii. 21. 5. The time in which this was done-the solemn hour of public prayer. God has always promised to be present with those who call upon him. When the people and the priest go hand in hand, and heart with heart, to the house of God, the angel of his presence shall surely accompany them, and God shall appear among them. 6. The employment of Zacharias when the angel appeared-he was burning incense, one of the most sacred and mysterious functions of the Levitical priesthood, and which typified the intercession of Christ: confer Heb. vii. 25, with Heb. ix. 24. 7. The long continued and publicly known dumbness of the priest, who doubted the word thus miraculously sent to him from the Lord: a solemn intimation of what God would do to all those who would not believe in the Lord Jesus. Every mouth shall be stopped.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord , etc.] Gabriel, as seem's manifest from ( Luke 1:19,26,36) the same angel that had appeared to Daniel, about the time of the evening oblation, near five hundred years before, and gave him an account of the time of the Messiah's coming, ( Daniel 9:21). The Jews sometimes speak of divine and wonderful appearances to their priests, at such times, and in such places: it is a tradition that R. Ishmael ben Elishah should say, one time I went in, trjq ryjqhl , to burn incense: and I saw Actariel (one of the names of God with them) the Lord, the Lord of hosts, who was sitting on a throne, high and lifted up. f36 And so they say of Simeon the just, that there was always an appearance when he went into the holy of holies; it is related thus f37 : Simeon the just, ministered unto Israel in the high priesthood, forty years; and in the last year, he said to them, I shall die this year: they said to him, from whence dost thou know it? He replied to them, every year that I have entered into the holy of holies, there was, dja qz , one old man clothed in white, and veiled in white, that went in with me, and came out with me; and this year he went in with me, but did not come out with me.
And according to Josephus f38 , the high priest Hyrcanus received an oracle, or answer from God, as he was offering incense; so that the Jews ought not to discredit such an appearance to Zacharias: standing on the right side of the altar of incense ; of which, (see Exodus 30:1-10, 35:25-28) the situation of it, according to the Jews, was this f39 : the table (of showbread) was in the north, two cubits and a half distant from the wall; and the candlestick was in the south, two cubits and a half distant from the wall; and the altar (of incense) was in the middle, and stood between them.
And to this agrees the account of Maimonides f40 , who says, the candlestick was on the south, on the left hand, as you go in; and the table of shewbread on the right hand, and both of them on the side of the holy of holies without; and the altar of incense was between them both without.
So that it was on the north side that the angel stood.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-25 - The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, an were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they wer eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, and it could no be expected that Elisabeth should have any in her old age. Whil Zacharias was burning incense in the temple, the whole multitude of the people were praying without. All the prayers we offer up to God, ar acceptable and successful only by Christ's intercession in the templ of God above. We cannot expect an interest therein if we do not pray and pray with our spirits, and are not earnest in prayer. Nor can we expect that the best of our prayers should gain acceptance, and brin an answer of peace, but through the mediation of Christ, who eve lives, making intercession. The prayers Zacharias often made, receive an answer of peace. Prayers of faith are filed in heaven, and are no forgotten. Prayers made when we were young and entering into the world may be answered when we are old and going out of the world. Mercies ar doubly sweet that are given in answer to prayer. Zacharias shall have son in his old age, who shall be instrumental in the conversion of man souls to God, and preparing them to receive the gospel of Christ. He shall go before Him with courage, zeal, holiness, and a mind dead to earthly interests and pleasures. The disobedient and rebellious woul be brought back to the wisdom of their righteous forefathers, or rather, brought to attend to the wisdom of that Just One who was comin among them. Zacharias heard all that the angel said; but his unbelie spake. In striking him dumb, God dealt justly with him, because he ha objected against God's word. We may admire the patience of God toward us. God dealt kindly with him, for thus he prevented his speaking an more distrustful, unbelieving words. Thus also God confirmed his faith If by the rebukes we are under for our sin, we are brought to give the more credit to the word of God, we have no reason to complain. Eve real believers are apt to dishonour God by unbelief; and their mouth are stopped in silence and confusion, when otherwise they would have been praising God with joy and gratitude. In God's gracious dealing with us we ought to observe his gracious regards to us. He has looke on us with compassion and favour, and therefore has thus dealt with us.
Greek Textus Receptus
ωφθη 3700 5681 V-API-3S δε 1161 CONJ αυτω 846 P-DSM αγγελος 32 N-NSM κυριου 2962 N-GSM εστως 2476 5761 V-RAP-NSM εκ 1537 PREP δεξιων 1188 A-GPM του 3588 T-GSN θυσιαστηριου 2379 N-GSN του 3588 T-GSN θυμιαματος 2368 N-GSN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:11 {Appeared} (wfqe). First aorist passive indicative. It is the form used by Paul of the resurrection appearances of Jesus (#1Co 15:5-8). There is no use in trying to explain away the reality of the angel. We must choose between admitting an objective appearance and a myth (Plummer).
