Luke 2:6-7 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:7

Her firstborn Son . This expression has no real bearing on the question respecting the relationship of the so-called brethren of Jesus to Mary. The writer of this commentary, without hesitation, accepts the general tradition of the Catholic Church as expressed by the great majority of her teachers in all ages. This tradition pronounces these brethren to have been read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:7

  Little did the occupants of that inn at Bethlehem imagine who it was they were turning away when Joseph and Mary sought admission there. They did not realize, for they did not know, whom they were excluding. Practically they were declining to receive, not only the Messiah of their country, but the Savior of the world. What they did in guiltless ignorance, men too often do in wilful and culpable rejection. Jesus Christ is sometimes excluded by men— I. FROM THEIR THEORIES OF... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:7

Her first-born son - Whether Mary had any other children or not has been a matter of controversy. The obvious meaning of the Bible is that she had; and if this be the case, the word “firstborn” is here to be taken in its common signification.Swaddling clothes - When a child among the Hebrews was born, it was washed in water, rubbed in salt, and then wrapped in swaddling clothes; that is, not garments regularly made, as with us, but bands or blankets that confined the limbs closely, Ezekiel... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:6-7

Luke 2:6-7. And while they were there, the days were accomplished, &c. Whatever views Mary might have in going up to Bethlehem, her going there was doubtless by the direction of Divine Providence, in order that the Messiah might be born in that city, agreeably to the prophecy of Micah 5:2. And she brought forth her firstborn son Τον υιον αυτης τον πρωτοτοκον , her son, the firstborn; that excellent and glorious person, who was the firstborn of every creature, and the heir of all... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-20

8. Shepherds visit the stable (Luke 2:1-20)Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth in the north of Palestine (see Luke 1:26-27), but the town to which they belonged according to their ancestry was Bethlehem, the birthplace of their forefather David. When the government issued an order that all people were to return to their ancestral town for a census (probably for taxation purposes), Joseph and Mary made the journey to Bethlehem. The town was so overcrowded with travellers returning for the census... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:6

so it was = it came to pass; as in Luke 2:1 . while = in (Greek. en. App-104 .) the time. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:7

her firstborn Son = her son, the firstborn. App-179 . wrapped . . . swaddling clothes. Greek sparganoo = to swathe. Occurs only here and Luke 2:12 . A medical term = bandage. See Co Luke 1:4 , Luke 1:14 . Eng. "swathe". Anglo = Saxon swathu = as much grass as is mown at one stroke of the scythe. From Low Germ. swade = a scythe. Hence a shred, or slice, then a bandage. Compare Ezekiel 16:4 . a = the. But all the Texts omit the Art. manger . Greek phatne (from pateomai, to eat). Occurs... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:6

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.This was the central event in world history, apparently of the most ordinary significance to anyone who might have been aware of it, but actually the pivot upon which the future of mankind turned, the cornerstone and foundation of all mortal... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:7

Luke 2:7. And she brought forth her first-born son— The words might be rendered literally, she brought forth her son the first-born. The word first-born is sometimes used to signify that which is of superior excellence; and if it be applied to Christ in that sense, it will denote his superiority to all the sons of Adam, as well as to Adam himself. Dr. Doddridge observes, that the blessed virgin was so miraculously strengthened by God in her hour of extremity, as to be able to perform herself... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:6

6. while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered—Mary had up to this time been living at the wrong place for Messiah's birth. A little longer stay at Nazareth, and the prophecy would have failed. But lo! with no intention certainly on her part, much less of Cæsar Augustus, to fulfil the prophecy, she is brought from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and at that nick of time her period arrives, and her Babe is born (Psalms 118:23). "Every creature walks blindfold; only He... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:6-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:6

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