To offer a sacrifice. The fact that they offer two birds shows they were poor. The Law (Leviticus 12:6-8) required a lamb for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a dove for a sin offering, but allowed two birds to be substituted by those who could not afford the lamb. Note the Magi had not yet brought their gifts. (see note on Matthew 2:11).
Verse Luke 2:24. _AND TO OFFER A SACRIFICE_] Neither mother nor child was considered as in the Lord's covenant, or under the Divine protection, till these ceremonies, prescribed by the law, had been p...
AND TO OFFER A SACRIFICE ... - Those who were able on such an occasion were required to offer a lamb for a burnt-offering, and a pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering. If not able to bring a “lam...
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 CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS. When the babe is a week old He is circumcised and named, and when He is a month old His parents take Him to the Temple in Jerusalem for the double rite of p...
When the eight days necessarily prior to circumcision had elapsed, he was called by the name of Jesus, the name by which he had been called by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb. When...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
A PAIR, &c. Leviticus 12:2; Leviticus 12:6....
_A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons_ The offering appointed was a yearling lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin-offering, which were to be brought to the door...
The Presentation in the Temple 22. _her purification_ Rather, THEIR PURIFICATION. The reading αὐτῆς, -her", of the Received Text is almost unsupported. All the Uncials read αὐτῶν, -their," except D, w...
THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE...
ΖΕΥ͂ΓΟΣ ΤΡΥΓΌΝΩΝ Ἢ ΔΎΟ ΝΕΟΣΣΟΎΣ. Leviticus 12:8. The offering appointed was a yearling lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin-offering, which were to be brought to the d...
VER 22. AND WHEN THE DAYS OF HER PURIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES WERE ACCOMPLISHED, THEY BROUGHT HIM TO JERUSALEM, TO PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD; 23. (AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF THE LORD,...
ΔΟΎΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. _Inf._ цели, ΕΊΡΗΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить; здесь: повелевать. _Perf._ указывает на непреходящие результаты. ΖΕΎΓΟΣ (G2201)...
DISCOURSE: 1475 PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:22. And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to...
A PAIR OF TURTLE DOVES, &C.— This was the offering appointed for the poorer sort, Leviticus 12:6. It is evident, therefore, that although Joseph and Mary were both of the seed royal, they were in very...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Presenting the Child to the Lord Scripture_ Luke 2:22-40 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem,...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Prophecies (Luke 2:22-38) 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(a...
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. AND TO OFFER A SACRIFICE ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH IS SAID IN THE LAW OF...
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...
2:24 Lord. (a-16) 'Jehovah.'...
THE PURIFICATION AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. Women after childbirth were unclean, for a boy forty days, for a girl eighty days. They were then bound to present an offering for Purification, viz. a...
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...
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...
A PAIR OF TURTLE DOVES. — The law of Leviticus 12:8 allowed these to be substituted for the normal sacrifice of a lamb as a burnt-offering, and a pigeon or dove as a sin-offering, when the mother was...
τοῦ δοῦναι : parallel to παραστῆσαι, indicating another of the purposes connected with the visit to Jerusalem. The mother went to offer her gift of thanksgiving after the days of purification were end...
_Circumcision and presentation in the temple_....
WELCOMED; NAMED; PRESENTED Luke 2:15-24 From April till the autumn the flocks pastured at night in the open fields, from which it seems probable that our Lord must have been born earlier or later tha...
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...
This was the offering of the poorer classes....
CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS & HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE 21-24. _“And when the eight days for circumcising Him were fulfilled, and He was called Jesus, being called by the angel before he was conceived...
2. _The presentation: Luke 2:22-38_. And first the sacrifice, Luke 2:22-24. After the circumcision there were two other rites to observe. One concerned the mother. Levitically unclean for eight days a...
SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40. This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2. His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histori...
(21) And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (22) And when the days of...
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...
24._And that they might offer a sacrifice _This _sacrifice _belonged to the ceremony of purification; lest any one should suppose that it was offered for the sake of redeeming the first-born. When the...
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 TO OFFER A SACRIFICE,.... That is, when the time of purification came, the parents of our Lord brought him from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, to present him in the temple to the Lord as his, and to rede...
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. Ver. 24. _A pair of turtledoves_] Christ's mother was not rich enough to...
_When the days of her purification were accomplished_ “It appears, from Leviticus 12:1, that for the first seven days, every woman who had borne a child, was considered as unclean in so great a degree...
THE CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF CHRIST. Luke 2:21 The circumcision:...
AND TO OFFER A SACRIFICE ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH IS SAID IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS. Luke finds it necessary to explain the rites connected with the purificatio...
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 ...
21-24 Our Lord Jesus was not born in sin, and did not need that mortification of a corrupt nature, or that renewal unto holiness, which were signified by circumcision. This ordinance was, in his case...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I the reference is again to us. Again, by Moses, He commands "two young pigeons or a pair of turtles to be offered for sin; "[28]...
Luke 2:24 and G2532 offer G1325 (G5629) sacrifice G2378 according G2596 said G2046 (G5772) in G1722 law...
JESUS IS CIRCUMCISED AND PRESENTED AT THE TEMPLE AND IS BLESSED BY SIMON WHO PROPHESIES OVER HIM (2:21-35). The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child birth was necessary d...
The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus: His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
Luke 2:24. ACCORDING, etc. The offering was, according to Leviticus 12:6: ‘a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering.' In the case of pove...
A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS (Ζευγος τρυγονων η δυο νοσσους περιστερων). The offspring of the poor, costing about sixteen cents, while a lamb would cost nearly two dollars. The "youn...
Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb._ Although the old...
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...
_The days of her purification_ THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE I. 1. Consider the inner meaning of the law which was here fulfilled by the Infant Jesus. Ever since the day that Israel had been delive...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:24 A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES, OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS indicates that Joseph and Mary were poor (see Leviticus 12:8)....
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...
Observe here how God joins and couples in Christ the humble with the sublime, the human with the divine, the poison with the antidote, to show that in Him human nature was joined to the Divine Majesty...
_And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons,_ because they were poor; for the rich were obliged to give in addition t...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 2:21. THE CHILD.—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22. HER PURIFICATION.—The true reading is, “_their_ purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by child-birth, t...
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; Leviticus 12:2; Leviticus 12:6...
A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons. The offering of the poor. While the lamb would probably cost about one dollar and seventy five cents, the doves would cost about sixteen cents. She would...
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...
A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons — This offering sufficed for the poor. Leviticus 12:8....