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Verse Luke 2:20. _THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED, GLORIFYING AND PRAISING_]
These simple men, having satisfactory evidence of the truth of the
_good_ _tidings_, and feeling a Divine influence upon their own...
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THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED - To their flocks.
GLORIFYING ... - Giving honor to God, and celebrating his praises....
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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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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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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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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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ΔΟΞΆΖΟΝΤΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΑἸΝΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. _Glorifying_ God
for the greatness of the event, and _praising_ Him for its mercy
(Godet)....
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THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
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Ver 15. And it came pass, as the angels were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even to
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lo...
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ΎΠΈΣΤΡΕΨΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΟΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G5290)
возвращаться,
ΑΊΝΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΊΝΈΩ (G134)
славить. Part, образа действия,
ΉΚΟΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать,
ΕΊΔΟΝ...
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FOR ALL THE THINGS, &C.— Besides what they had heard from the angel
and seen at Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary would, no doubt, upon such an
occasion, give them an account of those particulars, which the...
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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 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
AND THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED, GLORIFYING AND PRAISING GOD FOR ALL TH...
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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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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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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 go to Bethlehem_. διέλθωμεν δή, come! let us
go. The force of δή, a highly emotional particle (the second time we
have met with it, _vide_ at Matthew 13:23), can hardly be expressed in...
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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...
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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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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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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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3. _The visit of the shepherds: Luke 2:15-20_.
The angel had notified a sign to the shepherds, and invited them to
ascertain its reality. This injunction they obey.
VERS. 15-20. The T. R. exhibits in...
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(15) And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the...
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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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_CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS_
‘And all they that heard it wondered.… But Mary kept all these
things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God.’
Luk...
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20._Glorifying and praising God _This is another circumstance which is
fitted to be generally useful in confirming our faith. The shepherds
knew with certainty that this was a work of God. Their zeal...
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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 THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED,.... From Bethlehem, to the fields, and to
their flock there;
GLORIFYING AND PRAISING GOD FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD HEARD;
from Joseph and Mary:
AND SEEN; as the ba...
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Ver. 20. _As it was told unto them_] God, to show that he respected...
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_As the angels were gone away_ Probably they saw them ascend; _the
shepherds said, Let us now go;_ without delay; _and see this thing_
This wonderful and important event; _which is come to pass: and t...
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AND THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED, GLORIFYING AND PRAISING GOD FOR ALL THE
THINGS THAT THEY HAD HEARD AND SEEN, AS IT WAS TOLD UNTO THEM. LUKE'S
SONG OF THE NATIVITY IS NOT YET ENDED; HE HAS A STORY OF SOME...
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The visit and adoration of 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 2:17...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
Wherefore he adds: "The shepherds returned, glorifying God for all
which they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them."[112]...
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Luke 2:20 Then G2532 shepherds G4166 returned G1994 (G5656) glorifying
G1392 (G5723) and G2532 praising G134 ...
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‘And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken to them.'
And as for the shepherds, they returned to the countryside, an...
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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 ...
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Luke 2:20. RETURNED, _i.e.,_ to their flock, to their duty. Angelic
revelations did not make them unfaithful shepherds. But their ordinary
duty was made glad by what they had heard and seen. We hear n...
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Luke 2:20
Think what a changed world it has become because Jesus was born at
Bethlehem.
I. Remember that the Christian change of the world's history is a
fact. The influx through Christ of a new pow...
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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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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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_And the shepherds returned_
DIGNIFYING COMMON LIFE
And then they returned to their fields, to their flocks, to their
ordinary life; giving thus a beautiful example of pious diligence and
fidelity i...
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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 the shepherds returned_ (to their flock, says Euthymius, for God
would have the faithful, however exalted by Him, remain in the
discharge of their several callings), _glorifying and praising God...
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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 Chronicles 29:10; Acts 11:18; Acts 2:46; Acts 2:47; Isaiah 29:19;...
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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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For all the things that they had heard — From Mary; as it was told
them — By the angels....