Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Fear (fobov). Not terror, but religious awe because of contact with the supernatural as in the case of Zacharias (Luke 1:12). Were noised abroad (dielaleito). Imperfect passive. Occurs in Polybius. In the N.T. only here and Luke 6:11. It was continuous talk back and forth between (dia) the people.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 1:65:
Luke 1:39
Luke 2:15
Luke 2:21
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