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Verse Luke 2:17. _THEY MADE KNOWN ABROAD THE SAYING_] These shepherds
were the _first_ preachers of the Gospel of Christ: and what was their
text? Why, _Glory to God in the highest heavens, and on ea...
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WHEN THEY HAD SEE IT - When they had satisfied themselves of the truth
of the coming of the Messiah, and had ascertained that they could not
have been mistaken in the appearance of the angels. There w...
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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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SAYING. Greek. _rhema,_ as in Luke 2:15
CONCERNING. Greek. _peri._ App-104.
CHILD. As in Luke 1:59....
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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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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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ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708)
видеть. _Aor._ указывает на
предшествующее действие. Оно
логически необходимо для основного
гл. ("когда они увидели это"),
ΛΑΛΗΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. par...
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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 g...
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And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which
was told them concerning this child.
AND WHEN THEY HAD SEEN IT, THEY MADE KNOWN ABROAD THE SAYING WHICH
WAS TOLD THEM CONCERNING...
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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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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 gove...
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THEY MADE KNOWN ABROAD ... — The fact must be borne in mind, as
tending to the agitation which reached its height on the arrival of
the Magi in Jerusalem. (See Note on Matthew 2:3.)...
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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 th...
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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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They saw this with the eyes of their body, but with their internal
eyes they discovered other wonders, viz. that he, who lay there in
such great poverty, was their Messias, their great King, and the S...
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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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(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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17._They published concerning the word _It is mentioned by Luke, in
commendation of the faith of the shepherds, that they honestly
delivered to others what they had received from the Lord; and it was...
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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 WHEN THEY HAD SEEN IT,.... Or "him", as the Arabic version reads,
the child Jesus, or "them", Joseph, Mary, and the child; or this whole
affair, as had been related to them:
THEY MADE KNOWN ABROA...
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And when they had seen _it_, they made known abroad the saying which
was told them concerning this child.
Ver. 17. _They made known abroad_] True goodness is communicative;
there is no envy in spirit...
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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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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 2:16...
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Luke 2:17 Now G1161 seen G1492 (G5631) known G1232 (G5656) saying
G4012 G4487 which G3588 told G2980 (G5685) them G846 concerning G4012
this G5127 Child G3813
Luke 2:38, Luke 8:39;...
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‘And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which
was spoken to them about this child, and all who heard it wondered at
the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.'
And onc...
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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 (Luke 2:1-5); the fact and p...
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MADE KNOWN
(εγνωρισαν). To others (verse Luke 2:18) besides Joseph and
Mary. The verb is common from Aeschylus on, from the root of
γινωσκω (to know). It is both transitive and intransitive in
the...
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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, t...
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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 they came with haste._
The course pursued by the shepherds is vividly typical of that which
should be pursued by all Christian inquirers.
1. A process of inquiry.
2. The joy of distinct confir...
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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 to the temple at age 12 (vv. Luke 2:41).
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =...
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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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_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 FI...
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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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John 1:41; John 4:28; John 4:29; Luke 2:38; Luke 8:39; Malachi 3:16;
Psalms 16:10; Psalms 16:9; Psalms 66:16; Psalms 71:17;...
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They made known. See on verse 8. These shepherds, having charge of
flocks devoted to sacrifice, would presently be in the temple, and
would meet those who came to worship and to sacrifice, and so proc...
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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 gi...