Luke 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. ”

Luke 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

at . concerning, as in Luke 2:17 . them . to (Greek. pros, as in Luke 2:15 =) them. by. Greek. hupo. App-104.
Luke 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
Luke 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
Luke 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ‘And all they that heard it wondered.… But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God.’...
Luke 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all they that heard it ,.... What the shepherds related of what they had heard from the angel, and from Joseph and Mary, and what they had seen themselves; wondered at those things that were t...
Luke 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. Ver. 18. Wondered at those things ] Yet made little benefit of what they heard. "All the world wondere...
Luke 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child, and all who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.' And o...
Luke 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - 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 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The visit and adoration of the shepherds:
Luke 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:18 ; Luke 1:65 ; Luke 1:66 ; Luke 2:33 ; Luke 2:47 ; Luke 4:36 ; Luke 5:10 ; Luke 5:9
Luke 2:18 - 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 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary