Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Second Homily
And there ensued there the mystery which transcends all wonders,-the Virgin brought forth and bore in her hand Him who bears the whole creation by His word. "And there was no room for them in the inn."[40]
Verse Luke 2:7. _LAID HIM IN A MANGER_] Wetstein has shown, from a multitude of instances, that φατνη means not merely the _manger_, but the whole _stable_, and this I think is its proper meaning in t...
HER FIRST-BORN SON - Whether Mary had any other children or not has been a matter of controversy. The obvious meaning of the Bible is that she had; and if this be the case, the word “firstborn” is her...
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...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
In these days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world. The census first took place when Quirinius was governor of Syria; and everyone went to enroll himse...
HER FIRSTBORN SON = HER SON, THE FIRSTBORN. App-179. WRAPPED... SWADDLING CLOTHES. Greek _sparganoo =_ to swathe. Occurs only here and Luke 2:12. A medical term. bandage. See Co Luke 1:4; Luke 1:14....
_firstborn_ The word has no bearing on the controversy as to the -brethren of Jesus," as it does not necessarily imply that the Virgin had other children. See Hebrews 1:6, where first-born=only-begott...
ΚΑῚ ἜΤΕΚΕΝ. See note on Luke 1:9. The belief in a painless birth, _clauso utero_, and similar miracles, which are found in some Fathers, are apocryphal fictions which derive no countenance from the Go...
Luke 2:1-7. THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST In this chapter as in the last there is a prevailing triplicity of arrangement. In the first section we have—α. The Nativity, 1–7. β. The Angelic Announcement, 8...
VER 6. AND SO IT WAS, THAT, WHILE THEY WERE THERE, THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED THAT SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED. 7. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON, AND WRAPPED HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, AND LAID H...
ΈΤΕΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 2:6. ΠΡΩΤΌΤΟΚΟΝ (G4416) первенец, ΈΣΠΑΡΓΆΝΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΠΑΡΓΑΝΌΩ (G4683) пеленать в полосы ткани, которые должны были поддерживать спинку и кости ребенк...
AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON— The words might be rendered literally, _she brought forth her son the first-born._ The word _first-born_ is sometimes used to signify that which is of superio...
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...
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON (SEE...
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...
FIRSTBORN] A technical term among the Jews, signifying 'that which openeth the womb' (Exodus 34:19.), and not implying the birth of other offspring. That St. Luke uses it in this technical sense is cl...
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...
SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON. — On the question whether anything may be inferred from the word “first-born,” as to the subsequent life of Mary and Joseph, see Note on Matthew 1:25. WRAPPED HI...
_The birth_. ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡ., as in Luke 1:57. In this case, as in that of John, the natural course was run. ἐσπαργάνωσεν (here and Luke 2:12), ἀνέκλινεν : the narrative runs as if Mary did these thi...
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...
In a manger within a stable, or place where beasts were sheltered. And it is the common opinion that an ox and an ass were there at that time. See Baronius, Tillemont, &c. (Witham) --- O wonderful mys...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS Luke 2:1-7. _“It came to pass in those days [i.e., in the days above mentioned, with reference to John the Baptist and the annunciation of the coming Christ], a decree went forth fr...
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...
1. _The Birth of Jesus: Luke 2:1-7_. And first a historical note: Luke 2:1-2. The words _in those days_ refer to the time which followed the birth of John the Baptist, and give the remark in Luke 1:80...
(1) And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (2) (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) ...
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...
_NO ROOM!_ ‘There was no room for them in the inn.’ Luke 2:7 We repeat the words, and wonder whether they have meaning for us to-day. Think for a moment. In this world of society in which we find o...
7._Because there was no room for them in the inn _We see here not only the great poverty of Joseph, but the cruel tyranny which admitted of no excuse, but compelled Joseph to bring his wife along with...
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...
AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON,.... At Bethlehem, as was predicted; and the Jews themselves own, that the Messiah is already born, and born at Bethlehem. They have a tradition, that an Arabia...
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Ver. 7. _And she brought forth her firstborn_]...
_And while they were there, the days were accomplished_, &c. Whatever views Mary might have in going up to Bethlehem, her going there was doubtless by the direction of Divine Providence, in order that...
And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Himin swaddling-clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. The infinite simplicity of Luke's account of the...
The birth of the Savior:...
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 ...
1-7 The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law. The circumstances of his birth were very mean. Christ was born at an inn; he came int...
OLBGrk; It is Bucer's note, that in the Greek it is not _her firstborn Son, _ but ton uion authv ton prwtotokon, her Son, the firstborn; he was truly her Son, and her Son firstborn, but he was not cal...
Luke 2:7 And G2532 forth G5088 (G5627) her G846 firstborn G4416 Son G5207 and G2532 wrapped G4683 Him...
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 2:7. HER FIRST BORN SON. This implies that Mary had other children (in Matthew 1:25 the reading is in dispute). It is unlikely that an only child would be thus termed by one who wrote long afterw...
HER FIRSTBORN (τον πρωτοτοκον). The expression naturally means that she afterwards had other children and we read of brothers and sisters of Jesus. There is not a particle of evidence for the notio...
Luke 2:7 Christ waiting to find room. In the birth and birthplace of Jesus there is something beautifully correspondent with His personal fortunes, afterwards also of the fortunes of His Gospel. Eve...
Luke 2:1 The Child and the Emperor. I. "It came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed." In the original meaning of these words, t...
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...
SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRST SON. PROTOTOKON. The language implies that Mary would be the mother of other children. See note on Matthew 1:25; John 2:12. WRAPPED HIM IN CLOTHS. New-born children were wr...
_Her first-born Son_ BIRTH OF CHRIST THE LORD I. CHRIST’S RELATION TO THE POOR. 1. When He came in so lowly circumstances, consenting to lay His head in a manger, none of the pomps of royalty about...
_A decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed There is no grand reason, you see, given why Mary and Joseph should go to Judaea._ The angel who is said to have announced the coming...
NO ROOM IN THE INN There was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7. Not long before Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea there went out an order from Caesar Augustus, the Roman Emperor, that a cens...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:7 SWADDLING CLOTHS. Strips of cloth that wrapped babies to keep them warm and secure. MANGER. A feeding trough for animals. THE INN, with the definite article (“the”), indicates
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...
_And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for Him in the inn._ She _brought Him forth_ naturally like other mo...
_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...
2 Corinthians 8:9; Exodus 4:24; Galatians 4:4; Genesis 42:27; Gen
Her first born son. The Greek reads literally, her son, the first born. Wrapped in swaddling clothes [ε σ π α ρ γ α ν ω σ ε ν]. Only here and verse Luke 2:1 2Naturally found often in medical writings...
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...
She laid him in the manger — Perhaps it might rather be translated in the stall. They were lodged in the ox stall, fitted up on occasion of the great concourse, for poor guests. There was no room for...