NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Luke 2:11
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
3. And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For[108]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
3. And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For[108]
LUKE 2:11 Cristo.j ku,rioj {A} The combination Cristo.j ku,rioj, which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, 3 seems to have been quite deliberately used by Luke instead of the much more frequent...
Verse Luke 2:11. _A SAVIOUR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD._] A _Saviour_, σωτηρ, the same as _Jesus_ from σωζειν, to _make safe_, to _deliver, preserve, to make alive_, thus used by the Septuagint for הח...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_ 2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8) 3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21) 4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS. Lk. only. In obedi ence to a decree of the Emperor Augustus, ordering a general census (the first, during the Syrian governor ship of Quirinius), every man went to his own city. Th...
In this country there were shepherds who were in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they we...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
FOR. That: meaning "born to-day"; not "I announce to-day". See note on Luke 23:43. IS BORN. was born, or brought forth. A SAVIOUR. Not. helper: for a SAVIOUR is for the lost. CHRIST THE LORD. Hebre...
The Angels to the Shepherds 8. _in the same country_ Tradition says that they were natives of the little village Beth-zur (Joshua 15:58; Nehemiah 3:16). They were feeding their flocks in the same fie...
_a Saviour_ It is a curious fact that -Saviour" and -Salvation," so common in St Luke and St Paul (in whose writings they occur forty-four times), are comparatively rare in the rest of the New Testame...
THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
ἘΤΈΧΘΗ. A form not found in classical Attic. ΣΩΤΉΡ. It is a curious fact that ‘Saviour’ and ‘Salvation,’ so common in St Luke and St Paul (in whose writings they occur forty-four times), are comparati...
Ver 8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone rou...
ΈΤΈΧΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΤΊΚΤΩ (G5088) рожать, ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) в сопровождении _dat._ личной заинтересованности....
DISCOURSE: 1471 CHRIST’S INCARNATION GLAD TIDINGS TO ALL Luke 2:10. _Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David,...
FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN, &C.— Because one of the Bodleian manuscripts reads this ημιν, _to us,_ Mr. Fleming has conjectured, that the angel who spoke was a glorified human spirit, perhaps that of Adam, a...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Portents (Luke 2:1-21) In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all 2 the world should be enrolled. 2This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was go...
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY, IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOUR, WHICH IS CHRIST; THE LORD. Every word here co...
We have here a most notable example of God's overruling providence. Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth, and Christ must be born in Bethlehem. How is this to be brought about ? Little did Cresar dream t...
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, exce...
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE SHEPHERDS, WHO VISIT THE HOLY FAMILY. As Jesus was born in a stable, so His birth was first announced to peasants, in token that the gospel was meant for the poor and ignorant, as...
A SAVIOUR] The spiritual sense is certainly prominent here—'a Saviour from sin and death.' This title of Jesus is rare in the Gospels, being found only here and in John 4:42 several times in Titus and...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7 V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman *empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gov...
CHAPTER 5 THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. Luke 2:8 THE Gospel of St. Mark omits entirely the Nativity, passing at once to the words and miracles of His public ministry. St. John, too, dismisses the...
σωτήρ : a word occurring (with σωτηρία) often in Lk. and in St. Paul, not often elsewhere in N. T. Κύριος : also often in Lk.'s Gospel, where the other evangelists use Jesus. The angel uses the dialec...
_The shepherds and the angels_....
THE SAVIOR OF MANKIND IS BORN Luke 2:1-14 The manger bed and its precious occupant are among the most cherished memories of our childhood; but as we come there in later life, the wonder ever grows....
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
Because the light of life is risen to us, dwelling in the region of the shadow of death. (Ven. Bede)...
THE SHEPHERDS 8-20. _“The shepherds were at that time tenting out, and keeping watch over their flock through the night.”_ This fact refutes the popular idea of the birth of our Savior taking place in...
2. _The appearing of the angels: Luke 2:8-14_. “ _The gospel is preached to the poor._ ” The following narrative contains the first application of this divine method. Luke 2:8-9 relate the appearing o...
FIFTH NARRATIVE: THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR, LUKE 2:1-20. Henceforth there exists in the midst of corrupt humanity a pure Being, on whom God's regard can rest with unmingled satisfaction. Uniting in thi...
(8) And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (9) And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE BIRTHDAY OF CHRIST_ ‘Born this day.’ Luke 2:11 The birthday of Christ: what are its lessons? I. THE LESSON OF REVERENCE.—Think of the Divine majesty of the love which for us surrendered all,...
_THE UNSEEN FROM HEAVEN_ ‘And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David...
11._This day is born to you _Here, as we lately hinted, the angel expresses the cause of the joy. _This day is born _the Redeemer long ago promised, who was to restore the Church of God to its proper...
In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY,.... Day is here put for a natural day, consisting both of night and day; for it was night when Christ was born, and the angels brought the tidings of it to the shepherds...
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Ver. 11. _A Saviour_] The Greek word is so emphatic (as Cicero witnesseth) that other tongues can hardly find a...
_And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them_ Επεστη αυτοις, _stood over them_, that is, appeared in a visible form, standing in the air over their heads; _and the glory of the Lord shone round about...
The message to the shepherds:...
FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD....
THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the world ...
8-20 Angels were heralds of the new-born Saviour, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were in the business of their calling, keeping watch over their flock...
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Luke 2:11 For G3754 born G5088 (G5681) you G5213 day G4594 in G1722 city G4172 David G1138 Savior...
Jesus of Nazareth born in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-11). This section narrates: the circumstances which led His mother from Nazareth (chap. Luke 1:26; Luke 1:56) to Bethlehem ...
Luke 2:11. UNTO YOU. This refers directly to the shepherds, as in Luke 2:10 , confirming the view, that they were men who expected the Messiah. IN THE CITY OF DAVID. Bethlehem; comp. Luke 2:4;...
Ις βορν (ετεχθη). First aorist passive indicative from τικτω. Was born.SAVIOUR (σωτηρ). This great word is common in Luke and Paul and seldom elsewhere in the N.T. (Bruce). The people under Rome's r...
SAVIOUR (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
Luke 2:10 When Jesus was born, the possibilities of human nature began to be realised. Humanity took a new start. The highest hope of all time was realised, and the possibilities of human nature had e...
Luke 2:8 The Great Joy of Christmas. When we hear an angel from heaven declaring good tidings of great joy, which should be to all people, the heart is straightway set on remembering how wondrous tru...
Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
We WILL now read the story of our Saviour's birth as it is recorded in the Gospel according to Luke. Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, th...
CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His parents at the Passover. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
Luke 2:1. _It came to pass in those days,_ when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued f...
IN DAVID'S TOWN. Seven hundred years before this, the prophet had told about this day (Micah 5:2). See note on Matthew 2:6. David was born here. Now David's Son begins his earthly career in this town....
_For unto you is born this day_ LESSONS FROM THE BIRTHDAY OF CHRIST The birthday of Christ!--a name which connects with the familiar associations of home-life the opening of the heavens to human hop...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:11 A SAVIOR, WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD. These three titles reveal the greatness of Mary’s son. For “Savior,” see Luke 1:69;...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv. Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his visit
CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for "all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
_For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord._ In Bethlehem, of the seed and lineage of David. Each word here has its weight, and suggests new matter for joy...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 2:1. ALL THE WORLD.—_I.e._ the Roman world (_orbis terrarum_). TAXED.—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census, but with a view to taxation. Luke 2:2. THIS WAS THE FIR...
EXPOSITION LUKE 2:1 _The Redeemer's birth_. LUKE 2:1 THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a registration_, etc.;...
Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all we...
1 Corinthians 15:47; 1 John 4:14; 1 John 5:1; 2 Timothy 1:10; 2
Is born [ε τ ε χ θ η]. It adds to the vividness of the narrative to keep to the strict rendering of the aorist, was born. A Savior. See on Matthew 1:21. Christ. See on Matthew 1:1. Lord. See on Matth...
THE SEARCH OF THE SHEPHERDS Luke 2:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Christmas story from any angle is most interesting. We are to study, "The Search of the Shepherds." The study is well named, for the dut...
THE INFANT CHRIST A CHRISTMAS SERMON Luke 2:7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In a manger, on the hay, There, incarnate God, once lay: From the Father's throne He came To a world all sunk in shame; Came a B...
THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS _Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...
To you — Shepherds; Israel; mankind....