The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:8-20
The Bethlehem shepherds see the angels . read more
Luke 2:8-12 Esv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:8-20
The shepherds and the herald angels. From limestone cavern, we are taken by the evangelists to the long grassy slopes which stretch to the east of the Jewish city. Hidden in some nook of these slopes rest pious shepherds. Shepherds have always been a meditative class of men, accustomed to the sweet silences of nature, and, apart from the bustle and stir of cities, invited to quiet communion with their own hearts. It would seem that these shepherds were men of the spirit of Simeon. They... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:9
The angel of the Lord came upon them ; better, an angel. The Greek word rendered "came upon them"—a very favorite word with St. Luke—suggests a sudden appearance. The glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. The white shining cloud of intolerable brightness, known among the Jews as the Shechinah, the visible token of the presence of the Eternal, in the bush, in the pillar of fire and cloud which guided the desert-wanderings, in the tabernacle and the temple. It... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:11
A Savior . Another favorite word with SS . Paul and Luke. The terms "Savior" and "salvation" occur in their writings more than forty times. In the other New Testament books we seldom find either of these expressions. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:12
Lying in a manger . This was to be the sign. On that night there would, perhaps, be no other children born in the Bethlehem village; certainly the shepherds would find no other newly born infant cradled in a manger. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:8
The same country - Round about Bethlehem.Shepherds - Men who tended flocks of sheep.Abiding in the field - Remaining out of doors, under the open sky, with their flocks. This was commonly done. The climate was mild, and, to keep their flocks from straying, they spent the night with them. It is also a fact that the Jews sent out their flocks into the mountainous and desert regions during the summer months, and took them up in the latter part of October or the first of November, when the cold... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:9
The glory of the Lord - This is the same as a “great” glory - that is, a splendid appearance or “light.” The word “glory” is often the same as light, 1 Corinthians 15:41; Luke 9:31; Acts 22:11. The words “Lord” and “God” are often used to denote “greatness” or “intensity.” Thus, “trees of God” mean great trees; “hills of God,” high or lofty hills, etc. So “the glory of the Lord” here means an exceedingly great or bright luminous appearance perhaps not unlike what Paul saw on the way to Damascus. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:12
This shall be a sign ... - The evidence by which you shall know the child is that you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:8
Luke 2:8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field Here we see, that as Abraham and David, to whom the promise of the Messiah was first made, were shepherds, so the completion of this promise was first revealed to shepherds. Keeping watch over their flocks by night Which it was necessary they should do, to guard against the wolves and other beasts of prey, common there. The original words, φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος , may be more literally rendered, watching... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:8-11
Welcome news from heaven. It is surely not without significance that this most gracious manifestation and announcement was made to these humble Hebrew shepherds "keeping watch over their flock by night." It suggests two truths which are of frequent and perpetual illustration. 1 . That God chooses for his instruments the humble rather than the high. Our human notions would have pointed to the most illustrious in the ]and for such a communication as this. But God chose the lowly... read more