Luke 2:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) ”

Luke 2:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As it is written ... - Exodus 13:2 .
Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Every male, &c. Quoted from Exodus 13:2 . Numbers 18:15 , holy. Seenote on Exodus 3:5 .
Luke 2:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. As it is written in the Law This was another exercise of piety which was discharged by Joseph and Mary. The Lord commanded, that all the males should be dedicated to him, in remembrance...
Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
Luke 2:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every male, &c.— God having acquired a peculiar right to the first-born of Israel, by preserving them amid the destruction brought on the first-born of the Egyptians, though he had accepted of...
Luke 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall...
Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As it is written in the law of the Lord ,.... In Exodus 13:2 every male that openeth the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord; that is, devoted and consecrated to him, and so to be redeemed....
Luke 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) Ver. 23. That openeth the womb ] This proves that Mary brought forth Christ in a natur...
Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - 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 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Circumcision and Presentation of Christ. Luke 2:21-40 The circumcision:
Luke 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 13:12-15 ; Exodus 13:2 ; Exodus 22:29 ; Exodus 34:19 ; Numbers 18:15 ; Numbers 3:13 ; Numbers 8:16 ; Numbers 8:17
Luke 2:23 - 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 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 13:2 .

Luke 2:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes