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Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

Luke 2:22 I. The entrance of our Lord into His Temple had been foretold by Malachi four hundred years before (Malachi 3:1 ). But the Lord did not now come in His glory, like as before when that bright cloud, the sign of His presence, filled the new-built Temple in the time of King Solomon: He came now in our flesh, in the form of a helpless babe. For though it was still in deed and in truth the Lord of Hosts coming into His Temple, yet now to the fleshly eyes what was to be seen? No visible... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:21

DISCOURSE: 1474THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRISTLuke 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.THE naming of children has often been used, not merely for distinction’s sake, but also to express some expectation or wish which the parent entertained respecting his child. Of course, the name must frequently have ill-suited the character of the person that bore it. This was... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:22-24

DISCOURSE: 1475PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLELuke 2:22-24. 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; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.IT is a comfortable consideration to the poor and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

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 went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, and unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, who at this point was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

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 for a general taxation according to men’s property. This emperor, after the battle of Actium, became so popular, that the senate invited him to take the reins of government into his hands, which laid, properly speaking, the foundation of the imperial monarchy of Rome. Augustus, as a man of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:21

Luke 2:21For the circumcising of the ChildCircumcision and baptismThe teaching of Jewish circumcision resembles the teaching of Christian baptism.Both exhibit the putting away of the filth of the flesh; the first by a wounding of the body (which aptly recalls the severity of the elder dispensation); the second by an outward washing. This, which may be called the practical bearing of the present festival (Circumcision of Christ, 1st January), is brought out in the collect for the day, wherein we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:22

Luke 2:22; Luke 2:24The days of her purificationThe presentation in the templeI.1. Consider the inner meaning of the law which was here fulfilled by the Infant Jesus. Ever since the day that Israel had been delivered from bondage by the death of the first-born of the Egyptians, the first-born had been considered especially dedicated to the service of God. 2. Here the First-born, not of Mary only, but of all creation, is presented to the Father. Is He not the Only-begotten Son, begotten before... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:24

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:21

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. Ver. 21. For the circumcising of the child ] Christ would be circumcised, and so become bound to fulfil the law, that he might free us that were under the law,Galatians 4:5; Galatians 4:5 . He shed his blood for us when he was but eight days old; he took us into his family by baptism when we hung on our mother’s breasts.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:22

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; Ver. 22. And when the days of her purification ] She was rather sanctified than polluted by bearing Christ, yet wrangleth not with the law, nor claimeth an immunity. Now if she were so officious in ceremonies, what in the main duties of morality? According to the law ] This law of purification proclaims our uncleanness, whose very birth infects... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:21

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:22-24

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:21

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:22

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:22

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