Luke 2:10

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 2:10-12

Joy Born at Bethlehem December 24th, 1871 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." Luke 2:10-12 . We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, and unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, who at this point was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

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 issued for a general taxation according to men’s property. This emperor, after the battle of Actium, became so popular, that the senate invited him to take the reins of government into his hands, which laid, properly speaking, the foundation of the imperial monarchy of Rome. Augustus, as a man of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:10

Luke 2:10I bring you good tidings of great Joy.Christmas-day lessons1. The whole thought and idea of all that is told us about Christmas Day suggests the consoling, the cheering thought, that however gloomy our lot, however distressed our portion, God, the Almighty God, has not forsaken us. 2. There is the truth which the heathen, and we must also add, which Christians have often been very slow to acknowledge, that the Divine is only another word for the perfectly good, that God is goodness,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:10

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Ver. 10. I bring you good tidings ] The first preacher of the gospel was an angel. God hath now taken this honour from the angels, and put it upon the ministers, who are in Scripture called angels,Revelation 2:1; Revelation 2:1 , and angels ministers,Hebrews 1:14; Hebrews 1:14 . The old church had επαγγελιαν , the promise, we have ευαγγελιαν , the joyful tidings. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 2:10

Fear not: Luke 1:13, Luke 1:30, Daniel 10:11, Daniel 10:12, Daniel 10:19, Matthew 28:5, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 1:18 I bring: Luke 1:19, Luke 8:1, Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 41:27, Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 61:1, Acts 13:32, Romans 10:15 to: Luke 2:31, Luke 2:32, Luke 24:47, Genesis 12:3, Psalms 67:1, Psalms 67:2, Psalms 98:2, Psalms 98:3, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 52:10, Matthew 28:18, Mark 1:15, Mark 16:15, Romans 15:9-2 Kings :, Ephesians 3:8, Colossians 1:23 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice 2... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:8-20

§ 10. APPEARANCE OF ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS SHEPHERDS’ VISIT TO JESUS, Luke 2:8-20 . At hand The gentile Magi were brought from afar, but these shepherds are brought from nigh. The former as star gazers were led by the star; the latter as shepherds were brought to the chief shepherd. And these were brought from the same fields of Bethlehem where David the typical shepherd fed his flocks, to visit David’s royal son. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:10

10. Fear not The same introductory dismissal of fear as Gabriel addressed first to Zacharias and then to Mary. All people All the people; for as these shepherds were representatives of the Jews, so Israel is the people to whom is the immediate joy; yet it redounds to all the world besides. read more