Glory to God. The life of Jesus upon the earth was the fulfillment of their song of praise. Every thought, word, and action of that life was the translation of God's Love into visible forms which humans could see. Jesus brought glory to God and peace on earth. See note on Philippians 4:7 for the true meaning of "peace on earth."
LUKE 2:14 evn avnqrw,poij euvdoki,aj {A} The difference between the AV, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men,” and the RSV, > “Glory to God in the highest, > and o...
Verse Luke 2:14. _GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST_] The design of God, in the incarnation, was to manifest the hidden glories of his nature, and to reconcile men to each other and to himself. The angels...
GLORY TO GOD - Praise be to God, or honor be to God. That is, the praise of redeeming man is due to God. The plan of redemption will bring glory to God, and is designed to express his glory. This it d...
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)...
GLORY. Supply the Ellipsis: [be] to God. Compare Luke 19:38. ON EARTH PEACE. But man murdered "the Prince of peace", and now vainly talks about "Peace". on. Greek. _epi._ App-104. EARTH. Greek. _ge_...
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...
_in the highest_ i. e., in highest heaven, Job 16:19; Psalms 148:1; comp. "the heavenlies" in Ephesians 1:3, &c.; Sir 43:9. _on earth peace_ "No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around; T...
THE ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS...
ΕΥ̓ΔΟΚΊΑΣ. This is the reading of אABD. The Gothic, Vulgate, Itala, and most Fathers. Beza, Mill, Bengel La[48] Ti[49] W. H[50] &c. The εὐδοκία may have come from the other nominatives δόξα, εἰρήνη....
VER 13. AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD, AND SAYING, 14. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. THEOPHYL; Lest the a...
ΕΥΔΟΚΊΑΣ (G2107) _gen. sing._ благоволение. Относится к благоволению Бога; к тем, кому Бог благоволит (Arndt; Marshall; ESB, 101-104; Schurmann; David Flusser, "Sanktus und Gloria" AUV, 129-52; о слав...
DISCOURSE: 1472 THE ANGELS’ SONG Luke 2:13. _And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-wil...
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, &C.— This verse is very differently understood, and the original is certainly capable of different senses. Some choose to render it, _Glory to God in the highest,_ that is...
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...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN - brief but transporting hymn, not only in articulate hu...
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...
2:14 pleasure (c-12) or 'delight.'...
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...
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...
The 'Gloria in excelsis' (GLORY.. IN THE HIGHEST), in which the hosts of heaven praised God for His wondrous love to mankind shown in the Incarnation, was expanded into a morning hymn as early as the...
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...
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. — The words would seem to have formed one of the familiar doxologies of the Jews, and, as such, reappear among the shouts of the multitude on the occasion of our Lord’s ki...
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...
_The angels' song_. If we regard the announcement of the angel to the shepherds (Luke 2:10-12) as a song, then we may view the _gloria in excelsis_ as a refrain sung by a celestial choir (πλῆθος στρατ...
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...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, (g) good will toward men. (g) God's ready, good, infinite, and gracious favour towards men....
And on earth, peace to men of good will. [1] I had translated, peace to men of his good will, looking upon the sense to be, that a peace and reconciliation were offered, and given to men from the good...
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...
_PLEAS FOR PEACE_ ‘On earth peace’. Luke 2:14 No one would dream of disturbing words consecrated by long usage, yet in all probability the text does not represent what Luke actually wrote. His real...
14._Glory to God in the highest _The angels begin with thanksgiving, or with the praises of God; for Scripture, too, everywhere reminds us, that we were redeemed from death for this purpose, that we m...
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...
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST,.... Which with the following words, are not to be considered as a wish, that so it might be, but as an affirmation, that so it was; for the glory of God is great in the sa...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Ver. 14. _Glory be to God on high_] Let God have all the glory, so we may have the peace and grace or good will (for of these an...
_And suddenly there was with the angel_, &c. The welcome news was no sooner published, than a multitude of heavenly beings were heard celebrating, in songs and hymns divine, the praises of God, on acc...
ON EARTH PEACE; as the result of the Saviour's advent. All who receive him have peace with God and the spirit of peace towards man; and the prevalence of his gospel will bring peace to the world. GOO...
The angels' hymn of praise:...
GLORY TO GOD. IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. The message of the first angel had culminated in a song of praise and exultation. But his hymn was a mere preamble to the chorus...
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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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith For He was born in Bethlehem according to the flesh, in a manner meet for Deity, the angels of heaven recognising Him as their Lord, and hymning...
Luke 2:14 Glory G1391 God G2316 in G1722 highest G5310 And G2532 on G1909 earth G1093 peace G1515 goodwill...
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased (literally ‘among men of favour').” And this was what the angels said, and it is the focal point of the chiasmus....
Luke 2:14. GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE AMONG MEN OF GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE, or, ‘in whom He is well pleased,' The best authorities, by the insertion of a single letter in the Greek, r...
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 ...
AMONG MEN IN WHOM HE IS WELL PLEASED (εν ανθρωποις ευδοκιας). The Textus Receptus (Authorized Version also has ευδοκια, but the genitive ευδοκιας is undoubtedly correct, supported by the oldest and...
ON EARTH (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 10:34). _...
Luke 2:10 , LUKE 2:14 We have on the Feast of the Nativity these two lessons: instead of anxiety within, and despondence without instead of a weary search after great things to be cheerful and joyful;...
Luke 2:13 The Angels' Hymn. I. "Glory to God in the highest." This is the first jubilant adoring exclamation of the angels, as they beheld the fulfilment of that eternal counsel of God, which, partia...
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...
_Glory to God in the highest_ THE ANGELS’ SONG (A CHRISTMAS SERMON) First heard above the plains of Bethlehem it is one day to be heard over all the world. Its sweet melody is to be woven into ever...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:14 PEACE. The peace of salvation that God gives through his Son (see note on John 14:27; also Isaiah 9:6)....
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...
_Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men_ (of good will "bonæ voluntatis," Vulgate). So the Syriac, Egyptian, Coptic, and Persian versions also have it, except the words ...
_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 John 4:10; 1 John 4:9; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:16;...
Peace, good will toward men [ε ι ρ η ν η ε ν α ν θ ρ ω π ο ι ς ε υ δ ο κ ι α]. Both Tischendorf and Westcott and Hort read eujdokiav, which the Rev. follows. According to this the rendering is, unto m...
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 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 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...
Glory be to God in the highest; on earth peace; good will toward men — The shouts of the multitude are generally broken into short sentences. This rejoicing acclamation strongly represents the piety a...