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Glory to God - Praise be to God, or honor be to God. That is, the praise of redeeming man is due to God. The plan of redemption will bring glory...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, (g) good will toward men. (g) God's ready, good, infinite, and gracious favour towards men.
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 s...
Glory. Supply the Ellipsis: [be] to God. Compare Luke 19:38 . on earth peace. But man murdered "the Prince of peace", and now vainly talks abou...
14. Glory to God in the highest The angels begin with thanksgiving, or with the praises of God; for Scripture, too, everywhere reminds us, t...
DISCOURSE: 1472 THE ANGELS’ SONG Luke 2:13-14 . And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Glory to God in the highest - The design of God, in the incarnation, was to ma...
Glory to God in the highest, &c.— This verse is very differently understood, and the original is certainly capable of different senses. Some ch...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men...
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 censu...
Announcement to the shepherds, who visit the Holy Family. As Jesus was born in a stable, so His birth was first announced to peasants, in token tha...
The 'Gloria in excelsis' ( Glory.. in the highest ), in which the hosts of heaven praised God for His wondrous love to mankind shown in the Incarnati...
Glory to God in the highest. — The words would seem to have formed one of the familiar doxologies of the Jews, and, as such, reappear among the sho...
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 mir...
the Savior of Mankind Is Born Luke 2:1-14 The manger bed and its precious occupant are among the most cherished memories of our childhood; but...
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. Thi...
(8) And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (9) And, lo, the angel of the Lord ca...
PLEAS FOR PEACE ‘On earth peace’. Luke 2:14 No one would dream of disturbing words consecrated by long usage, yet in all probability the tex...
Glory to God in the highest ,.... Which with the following words, are not to be considered as a wish, that so it might be, but as an affirmation, th...
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Ver. 14. Glory be to God on high ] Let God have all the glory, so we may h...
And suddenly there was with the angel , &c. The welcome news was no sooner published, than a multitude of heavenly beings were heard celebrating...
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...
Angels Appear to the Shepherds; Visit of the Shepherds to Christ. 8 And there wer...
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased (literally ‘among men of favour').” And this was what the ange...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:1 . All the world .— I.e. the Roman world ( orbis terrarum ). Taxed .—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census...
on earth ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 10:34 ).
Luke 2:13-14 The Angels' Hymn. I. "Glory to God in the highest." This is the first jubilant adoring exclamation of the angels, as they beheld the...
Luke 2:10 , Luke 2:14 We have on the Feast of the Nativity these two lessons: instead of anxiety within, and despondence without instead of a...
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 day...
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 ta...
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...
Glory to God in the highest The angels’ song (A Christmas sermon) First heard above the plains of Bethlehem it is one day to be heard over all...
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...
The angels' hymn of praise:
Glory to God. in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. The message of the first angel had culminated in a song of praise and exul...
1 John 4:10 ; 1 John 4:9 ; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; Acts 10:36 ; Colossians 1:20 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ephesians 2:14-18 ;...
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, w...
The Infant Christ A Christmas Sermon Luke 2:7-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In a manger, on the hay, There, incarnate God, once lay: From the Fat...
The Search of the Shepherds Luke 2:8-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Christmas story from any angle is most interesting. We are to study, "The Searc...
Glory be to God in the highest; on earth peace; good will toward men — The shouts of the multitude are generally broken into short sentences. This...
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.