Luke 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. ”

Luke 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Luke 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

found . discovered, after search, or in succession. Greek. aneurisko. Occ, only here and in Acts 21:4 . Mary, and Joseph, and the Babe. Each has the Art. with conj. emphasizing the several par...
Luke 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. And found Mary This was a revolting sight, and was sufficient of itself to produce an aversion to Christ. For what could be more improbable than to believe that he was the King of the wh...
Luke 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And they came with haste (see the notes at Luke 1:39 ; Matthew 28:8 ), and found Mary - `mysteriousl...
Luke 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, e...
Luke 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They came with haste. — The scene has naturally been a favourite subject of Christian art, and the adoration of the shepherds is, perhaps, implied, though not stated, in the narrative. The conventi...
Luke 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. Luke 2:8-21 THE Gospel of St. Mark omits entirely the Nativity, passing at once to the words and miracles of His public ministry. St. John, too, dismi...
Luke 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 lat...
Luke 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 fore...
Luke 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(15) And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the...
Luke 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HOLY FAMILY ‘They came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.’ Luke 2:16 We will look for a moment at each particular figure, and gather the central less...
Luke 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they came with haste ,.... In the night, leaving their flocks, to see their incarnate Lord, as Zacchaeus hastened down from the tree to receive the Saviour. The wonderfulness of the vision, the...
Luke 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. Ver. 16. Found Mary and Joseph, &c. ] They, though of the royal blood, yet lay obscured, not thrusting th...
Luke 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As the angels were gone away Probably they saw them ascend; the shepherds said, Let us now go; without delay; and see this thing This wonderful and important event; which is come to pass: and...
Luke 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 wor...
Luke 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Angels Appear to the Shepherds; Visit of the Shepherds to Christ. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fie...
Luke 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.' So as rapidly as they could they hurried to Bethlehem, and there they ‘searched for and found' (aneurosk...
Luke 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Luke 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:16 The Hidden God. I. It is said in the Bible that God is a God that hideth Himself; and yet there is nothing of which we are more sure than this that if any man will heartily, and by all...
Luke 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We WILL now read the story of our Saviour's birth as it is recorded in the Gospel according to Luke. Luke 2:1-6 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar August...
Luke 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 issue...
Luke 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they came with haste. The course pursued by the shepherds is vividly typical of that which should be pursued by all Christian inquirers. 1. A process of inquiry. 2. The joy of distinct c...
Luke 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 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 r...
Luke 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The visit and adoration of the shepherds:
Luke 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Luke 1:39 ; Luke 19:32 ; Luke 2:12 ; Luke 2:7 ; Luke 22:13
Luke 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...

Luke 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary