1 Samuel 21:12; Genesis 37:11; Hosea 14:9; Luke 1:66; Luke 2:51; Luke 9:43; Luke 9:44; Proverbs 4:4
Mary kept all these things - All that happened, and all that was said respecting her child. She “remembered” what the angel had said to “her;” wh...
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...
kept . kept within herself. and pondered . pondering; i.e. weighing them. Compare Gen 87:11.
19. Now Mary kept Mary’s diligence in contemplating the works of God is laid before us for two reasons; first, to inform us, that this treas...
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And pondered them in her heart - Συμβαλλουσα, Weighing them in her heart. Weighing...
But Mary, &c.— But Mary observed all those sayings, perceiving their meaning in her own mind. Elsner. Mary was greatly affected with, and tho...
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered [or 'revolved'] them in her hear...
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...
Mary's was a quiet and reflective nature: cp. Luke 2:51 . These two vv. suggest that it was from her the information contained in these Chapter s wa...
Mary kept all these things. — On the assumption that the whole narrative is traceable to the Virgin herself as its first author, these brief and si...
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...
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 probabl...
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...
(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, a...
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 she...
But Mary kept all these things ,.... Which the shepherds had related to her: and pondered [them] in her heart ; or compared them in her mind, with...
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Ver. 19. Mary kept all these things ] Her soul was a holy ark; her memory like...
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...
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...
Ver. 19,20. The different effect of these things upon the generality of the people, upon Mary, and upon the shepherds, is worthy of our notice. The p...
‘But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.' And Mary, to whom the shepherds would have explained everything, kept what they had...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:1 . All the world .— I.e. the Roman world ( orbis terrarum ). Taxed .—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census...
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...
And pondered them in her heart Mary’s musings Great things were these which she kept, and most fit for earnest pondering. Great were they to a...
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 visit and adoration of the shepherds:
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
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...
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.