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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:40

Luke 2:40 , Luke 2:49 , Luke 2:52 (with Mark 6:3 ; John 4:34 , John 10:18 , John 10:30 ) The Germ of Christian Manhood. Man and God are in eternal relation. As you cannot have an upper without an under; a brother without sister or brother; a son without a father or mother, so you cannot have a true conception of man without God. It lies in the very nature of the Father that He will not leave us men, and it is in our structure that we cannot rest without our Father. Man had lost God.... 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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:25

DISCOURSE: 1476CHRIST THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAELLuke 2:25. The same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel.IN every age of the Church, there have been some distinguished from the common herd of professors, by their unfeigned zeal and piety. At the time when our blessed Lord came into the world, the Jewish nation were in a most degenerate state: yet were there some, who, with humble and assured expectation, “looked for redemption in Jerusalem.” Amongst those was that aged... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:28-32

DISCOURSE: 1477TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLELuke 2:28-32. Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.WHILST we are noticing, as they arise, the various steps of our Saviour’s humiliation, we shall have repeated occasions to observe,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:34-35

DISCOURSE: 1478THE ENDS AND EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S EXHIBITION TO THE WOULDLuke 2:34-35. Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.THE ways of God are deep and unsearchable. The richest displays of his love have been often accompanied with the heaviest afflictions. The honour bestowed on Paul was the forerunner of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 2:25

just and devout righteousness The O.T. righteousness. Summary: In the O.T. "righteous" and "just" are English words used to translate the Hebrew words yasher, "upright"; tsadiq, "just"; tsidkah, "righteous." In all of these words but one idea inheres: the righteous, or just, man is so called, because he is right with God; and he is right with God because he has walked "in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless" Luke 1:6; Romans 10:5; Philemon 1:3; Philemon 3:6. The O.T.... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 2:29-30

"Nunc Dimittis" (to Send Away) October 8th, 1871 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." Luke 2:29-30 . Blessed wert you, O Simeon, for flesh and blood had not revealed this unto thee; neither had it enabled thee so cheerfully to bid the world farewell. The flesh clings to the earth it is dust, and owns affluity to the ground out of which it was taken; it loathes to part from mother... 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

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