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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:21

Should be circumcised; which might be done not only in the temple, or in a synagogue, but in any house. (Witham) --- Many reasons may be alleged why our Saviour submitted to the painful and humbling knife of circumcision: 1. to manifest to the whole world the reality of his human nature, and the difference between his divinity and humanity; 2. to shew he approved of circumcision, which he had instituted; 3. to prove that he was of the seed of Abraham; 4. to teach us humility and obedience, by... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

Of her purification. The blessed Virgin mother stood not in need of this ceremony, to which she submitted herself, as her Son did to that of circumcision. (Witham) --- Whence St. Lawrence Justinian in his sermon on the purification, very well observes: grace raised the Virgin above the law; humility subjected her to it. Jesus Christ, in subjecting himself to the law of Moses, has left us an example to princes and magistrates, to obey their own laws; for then they may expect them to be observed... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:23

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 Church. (Witham) --- See Exodus xiii. 2. and Numbers viii. 16. =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Omne masculinum adaperiens vulvam, Greek: pan arsen dianoigon metran, on which words Ven. Bede says: quod ait Lucas, adaperiens vulvam, consuet'e6 nativitatis more loquitur ... sed juxta... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:24

This was the offering of the poorer classes. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:21-24

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, a pledge of his future perfect obedience to the whole law, in the midst of sufferings and temptations, even unto death for us. At the end of forty days, Mary went up to the temple to offer the appointed sacrifices for her purification. Joseph also presented the holy child Jesus, because, as a... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 2:1-99

Luke 2 THE OPENING VERSE of this chapter shows how God may use the great ones of the earth, all unconsciously to themselves, for the accomplishing of His designs. The case here is the more remarkable inasmuch as the decree of Augustus was not carried out immediately but delayed until Cyrenius was governor of Syria. Prophecy however had indicated Bethlehem as the birthplace of the Messiah, and the decree of the Emperor came just at the right time to send Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, though... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 2:21-24

The Circumcision and Presentation of Christ. Luke 2:21-Matthew : The circumcision: v. 21. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb. By His ancestry and birth, Jesus was a member of the Jewish race and of the Jewish Church. And Mary and Joseph observed all the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish law. On the eighth day of the Child's life, therefore, the sacrament of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 2:21

THIRD SECTIONTHE HISTORY OF THE GROWTHLuke 2:21-52A. The Eighth Day; or, Submission to the Law. Luke 2:21(The Gospel for New Year’s Day)21And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child [for circumcising Him],20 his name was called JESUS, which was so named of [by] the angel before he was conceived in the womb.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALLuke 2:21. The circumcising.—See the Exegetical Notes on Luke 1:59.[Alford:—“The Lord was made like unto His brethren (Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 2:22-40

B. The Fortieth Day; or, the Redemption from the Temple Service. Luke 2:22-4022And when the days of her [their]21 purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished [completed], they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord;23(As it is written in the law of the Lord [Exodus 13:2], Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord); 24And to offer a sacrifice, according to that which is said in the law of the Lord [Leviticus 12:8], A pair of turtle-doves,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 2:15-24

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 than December. No doubt these shepherds were, like Simeon, “waiting for the consolation of Israel,” and their purity of life and simplicity of soul well qualified them to receive the blessed tidings of the angels. First simplicity and afterward science, Matthew 2:1-23 , found their way into the... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:21

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:23

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 2:24

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:21-24

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 2:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 2:21-24

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 2:21

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 2:22-40

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 2:15-24

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