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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...
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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....
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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 ...
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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...
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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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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...
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THE BABE. a babe....
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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...
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_a sign_ Rather, THE SIGN.
_the babe_ Rather, A BABE....
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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....
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THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The shepherds and the angels_....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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The message to the shepherds:...
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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 ...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 2:12...
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Luke 2:12 And G2532 this G5124 sign G4592 you G5213 find G2147 (G5692)
Babe G1025 cloths G4683 ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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.;...
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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...
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1 Samuel 10:2; Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 53:1; Isaiah 53:2; Psalms 22:6...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...