Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Luke 2:12
This shall be a sign ... - The evidence by which you shall know the child is that you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
This shall be a sign ... - The evidence by which you shall know the child is that you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
Verse Luke 2:12. _THIS_ SHALL BE _A SIGN_ (or token) _UNTO YOU_] _You_ _shall find_ this glorious person, however strange it may appear, _wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a stable_! It is by _h...
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)...
THE BABE. a babe....
_a sign_ Rather, THE SIGN. _the babe_ Rather, A BABE....
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...
THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
ΤῸ ΣΗΜΕΙ͂ΟΝ, ‘_the_ sign.’ Comp. Isaiah 7:14. ΒΡΈΦΟΣ, ‘_a_ babe.’ ἘΣΠΑΡΓΑΝΩΜΈΝΟΝ. The participle is here regarded as an adjective, and is followed by κείμενον....
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...
ΕΎΡΉΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΈΣΠΑΡΓΑΝΩΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part., см._ Luke 2:7. ΚΕΊΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΕΪΜΑΙ (G2749) лежать....
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 this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN, [ to (G3588 ) seemeion (G4592 ), 'THE SIGN,'] UNTO YOU; YE SHALL...
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...
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...
_Shall be_ A SIGN] RV 'is the sign.' The unusual sight of an infant in a manger would be a sign that the angel had spoken the truth....
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...
THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU. — The sign was not such in itself, but became so by its agreement with the prediction. It was something exceptional that a new-born infant should be found, not in a crad...
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...
σημεῖον, the sign just that which might, but for forewarning, have been a stumbling block; the Saviour and Lord lying in a crib, in a cattle stall, or cave! So Hahn, but Godet and Schanz take “sign” m...
_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...
On the eastern side of the town of Bethlehem, say St. Justin, St. Jerome, &c. there was a cave cut in the side of a rock, in which was a manger used by the people of those environs; so that these shep...
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...
12._And this shall be a sign to you _(153) The angel meets the prejudice which might naturally hinder the faith of the shepherds; for what a mockery is it, that he, whom God has sent to be the King, a...
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 THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU,.... When they should come to Bethlehem, and to the inn where Joseph and Mary were: YE SHALL FIND THE BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, LYING IN A MANGER; for thoug...
And this _shall be_ a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Ver. 12. _Wrapped in swaddling clothes_] _In vilibus et veteribus indumentis, _ saith Ludo...
_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:...
AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO YOU: YE SHALL FIND THE BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING-CLOTHES, LYING IN A MANGER. In that same country, in the neighborhood of the town of Bethlehem, there were shepherds. The...
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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“And this is the sign to you, You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.” And how would this babe be known? By the sign that God had given. That is, by the fact that he...
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 2:12. THE SIGN. No sign had been asked for (comp. chap. Luke 1:36); when Zacharias requested one, he was punished (Luke 1:18; Luke 1:20). The dispensation of faith
Luke 2:12 The Sign of the Babe reveals Four Things. I. That our Saviour was a real man. "Ye shall find the Babe." In the flesh our flesh Christ came; as truly man as He was truly God; and infinite t...
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...
WHAT WILL PROVE IT TO YOU IS THIS. The _prediction_ of what they will find is the _sign._ The proof will be the baby, the cloths, and the manger....
_And this shall be a sign unto you._ --What the angels said to the shepherds was, “This shall be the sign unto you; ye shall find a babe,” a babe like any other, “wrapped in swaddling clothes,” differ...
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 this shall be the sign unto you_ (by which you may know this child from others recently born), _ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger._ For other children born at...
_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 Samuel 10:2; Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 53:1; Isaiah 53:2; Psalms 22:6...
Sign [σ η μ ε ι ο ν]. See on Matthew 11:20. The babe [β ρ ε φ ο ς]. See on 1 Peter 2:2. Rev., properly, "a babe." No article....
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...