I am here with Good News for you. The bright dawn of salvation was about to shine on the whole human race. Which will bring great joy to all the people. The barrier between Jew and Gentile was about to be broken down. God's Truth was to be made available to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews.
Verse Luke 2:10. _BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS_] I am not come to declare the _judgments_ of the Lord, but his _merciful_ _loving-kindness_, the subject being a matter of _great joy_. He then dec...
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 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...
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS. Greek. _euangelizomai. 1_ evangelize (announce) to you great joy. WHICH. Denoting the class or cha...
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...
_good tidings_ the rendering of the verb _euangelizomai_(see on Luke 1:19). _of great joy_ See Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 61:1; Romans 5:11;...
ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ. See on Luke 1:19. ΧΑΡᾺΝ ΜΕΓΆΛΗΝ. See Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 61:1; Romans 5:11;...
THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
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...
ΦΟΒΕΊΣΘΕ _praes. med. (dep.) imper. praes._ Imper. с _Отр.._ ΜΉ (G3361) указывает на запрет развивающегося действия....
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,...
WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE— This plainly refers to the promise made to the patriarch, that _in his seed all nations should be blessed._ And as the Jews interpreted this prophesy of the Messiah, the...
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 the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT (SEE THE NOTE AT LUKE 1:13 ); FOR, B...
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...
TO ALL PEOPLE] RV 'to all the people' (of Israel). There is here no express mention of the Gentiles....
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...
FEAR NOT. — It is worth noting that this is almost the normal accompaniment of the angelic manifestations in the Gospel (Matthew 28:5; Luke 1:13; Luke 1:30). They were intended to lessen, not to incre...
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...
_The shepherds and the angels_....
εὐαγγελίζομαι, etc., I bring good news in the form of a great joy (_cf._ Luke 1:19). παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, not merely to you, but to the whole people (of Israel, _vide_ Luke 1:68)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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 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...
10._Fear not _The design of this exhortation is to alleviate their fear. For, though it is profitable for the minds of men to be struck with awe, that they may learn to “give unto the Lord the glory d...
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 THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM; FEAR NOT,.... For he was not a messenger of bad, but of good tidings: FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS; tidings, that were both wonderful and amazing, and therefore...
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Ver. 10. _I bring you good tidings_] The first preacher of the gospel was an...
_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...
AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT; FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE....
The message to the shepherds:...
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...
Ver. 10-12. Though God, in his appearances to his people, was wont so to appear, as to show them cause to revere his majesty, yet he always supported them, that their spirits might not fail under thos...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews place, the angel said to the shepherds: "Fear not; for, behold, I bring you tidings that unto you is born this day in the city of Davi...
Luke 2:10 Then G2532 angel G32 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 not G3361 afraid G5399 (G5737) for...
‘And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people, for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, wh...
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 2:10. BE NOT AFRAID. Comp. chap. Luke 1:13; Luke 1:30. I BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY. Lit., ‘I evangelize to you great joy.' The message is a gospel message, a joyous message; therefore...
I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY (ευαγγελιζομα υμιν χαραν μεγαλην). Wycliff, "I evangelize to you a great joy." The active verb ευαγγελιζω occurs only in late Greek writers, LXX, a few papyri 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 2:10 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 2:10 The days of life are not lived on one level range. There are days that are lifted, and days that are depressed; days which stand out radiant with opportunity, as summits of mountains stand...
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...
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....
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...
_I bring you good tidings of great Joy._ CHRISTMAS-DAY LESSONS 1. The whole thought and idea of all that is told us about Christmas Day suggests the consoling, the cheering thought, that however glo...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:10 FEAR NOT. A typical reaction to an angelic or divine presence. I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS is the verb form of “gospel.”...
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 the angel said unto them; Fear not, for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all people_ but first to you, whom first I summon to visit and adore the Messiah that is b...
_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...
Acts 13:32; Colossians 1:23; Daniel 10:11; Daniel 10:12; Daniel 10:19
I bring you good tidings of great joy [ε υ α γ γ ε λ ι ζ ο μ α ι υ μ ι ν χ α ρ α ν μ ε γ α λ η ν]. Wyc. is strictly literal : I evangelize to you a great joy. Which [η τ ι ς]. Of a class or character...
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...
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 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...