Luke 2:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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; ”

Luke 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Days of her purification - Among the Hebrews a mother was required to remain at home for about forty days after the birth of a male child and about eighty for a female, and during that time she w...
Luke 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And when the days of (h) her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present [him] to the Lord; (4) Christ, upon whom all our sins were la...
Luke 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus. When the babe is a week old He is circumcised and named, and when He is a month old His parents take Him to the Temple in Jerusalem for the double rite o...
Luke 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the days: i.e. forty days after the birth of. son (eighty after. daughter). See Leviticus 12:2-4 her . their. So all the texts; i.e. Joseph and Mary. according to. Greek. kata. App-104. Se...
Luke 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And after that the days were fulfilled On the fortieth day after the birth, ( Leviticus 12:2 ,) the rite of purification was necessary to be performed. But Mary and Joseph come to Jerusa...
Luke 2:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1475 PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:22-24 . And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to prese...
Luke 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; Days of her purification - That is, thirty-three da...
Luke 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when the days of her purification— As Jesus was circumcised, though perfectly free from sin; so his mother submitted to thepurifications prescribed by the law, notwithstanding she was free from...
Luke 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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; And when the days of her purification. This r...
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When the days of her purification ... — The primary idea of the law of Leviticus 12:1-6 , would seem to have been that of witnessing to the taint of imperfection and sin attaching to every child o...
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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. (22) And when the days of...
Luke 2:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PURIFICATION AND THE PRESENTATION ‘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.’ Luke 2:...
Luke 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the days of purification ,.... Of the Virgin Mary, the mother of our Lord; though most copies read, "of their purification"; and so read the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, including...
Luke 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Luke 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When the days of her purification were accomplished “It appears, from Leviticus 12:1-6 , that for the first seven days, every woman who had borne a child, was considered as unclean in so great a d...
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Presented in the Temple. 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JES...
Luke 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 22-24. In these verses is a record of the virgin's obedience to two laws, the one concerning the purification of the woman after child birth; the other concerning the presenting of the male chil...
Luke 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is Circumcised and Presented at the Temple and Is Blessed By Simon Who Prophesies Over Him (2:21-35). The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child birth was necessa...
Luke 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:21 . The child .—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22 . Her purification .—The true reading is, “ their purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by chil...
Luke 2:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 b...
Luke 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:1-9 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of...
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

The days of her purification The presentation in the temple I. 1. Consider the inner meaning of the law which was here fulfilled by the Infant Jesus. Ever since the day that Israel had been del...
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision and Presentation of Christ. Luke 2:21-40 The circumcision:
Luke 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 12:2-6
Luke 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The days — The forty days prescribed, Leviticus 12:2 , Leviticus 12:4 .

Luke 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes