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Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,)
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord,)
AS IT IS WRITTEN ... - Exodus 13:2....
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)...
EVERY MALE, &c. Quoted from Exodus 13:2.Numbers 18:15, holy. Seenote on Exodus 3:5....
_as it is written in the law of the Lord_ The tribe of Levi were sanctified to the Lord in lieu of the firstborn, and originally all the firstborn in excess of the number of the Levites had to be rede...
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...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ ἘΝ ΝΌΜΩΙ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. The term γέγραπται implies the _permanence_ of the Law (Luther, _stehet geschrieben_). The tribe of Levi were sanctified to the Lord in lieu of the firstborn, and orig...
THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE...
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,...
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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...
EVERY MALE, &C.— God having acquired a peculiar right to the first-born of Israel, by preserving them amid the destruction brought on the first-born of the Egyptians, though he had accepted of the tri...
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...
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,...
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) (AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, EVERY MALE THAT OPENETH THE WOMB SHALL BE CA...
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...
2:23 Lord. (a-10) Lord), (a-23) 'Jehovah.' Lord), (e-23) Exodus 13:2 ,Exodus 13:12 ,Exodus 13:15 ; Leviticus 12:6 ,...
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...
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...
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...
γέγραπται : the reference is to Exodus 13:2, and the statement implies that every first-born male child, as belonging to God, must be ransomed (Exodus 34:19; Numbers 18:15-16)....
_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...
_Every male opening the womb. [2] This translation is more conformable to the doctrine of the Fathers, that Christ was born without opening the womb; which Ven. Bede calls the doctrine of the Catholic...
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...
23._As it is written in the Law _This was another exercise of piety which was discharged by Joseph and Mary. The Lord commanded, that all the males should be dedicated to him, in remembrance of their...
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF THE LORD,.... In Exodus 13:2 EVERY MALE THAT OPENETH THE WOMB, SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD; that is, devoted and consecrated to him, and so to be redeemed. The rea...
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) Ver. 23. _That openeth the womb_] This proves that Mary brought forth Christ in a natural...
_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...
HOLY TO THE LORD; consecrated to the Lord as his peculiar property. See Exodus 13:12....
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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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I by the following passage: "Every male that openeth the womb."[42] Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ Indeed, hers is the womb on account of which it is written of ot...
Luke 2:23 as G2531 written G1125 (G5769) in G1722 law G3551 Lord G2962 G3754 Every G3956 male...
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...
Luke 2:23. IN THE LAW OF THE LORD. Exodus 13:2, freely quoted in explanation of the presentation. EVERY MALE THAT OPENETH THE WOMB, _i.e.,_ _e_ very first-born male (‘both of man and of beast'). The...
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...
IN THE LAW OF THE LORD (εν νομω Κυριου). No articles, but definite by preposition and genitive. Vincent notes that "law" occurs in this chapter five times. Paul (Galatians 4:4) will urge that Jesus...
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...
EVERY FIRSTBORN MALE. Compare Numbers 3:13. All the first-born were to be presented to the Lord and redeemed with an offering (Numbers 18:15-16)....
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...
_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...
Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 34:19; Numbers 18:15;
The law of the Lord. The word law occurs in this chapter five times; oftener than in all the rest of this Gospel put together. Luke emphasizes the fact that Jesus "was made under the law" (Galatians 4...
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...
Exodus 13:2....