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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:48

Though something must be allowed to a woman’s passions and a mother’s indulgence, yet one would think that, especially considering where they found him, and what doing, she should not have spoken thus unto him, had she had a clear and distinct knowledge of his Divine nature, in union with her flesh: she speaks to him with the authority of a mother, Why hast thou thus dealt with us? read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:40-52

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 2:40. Waxed strong.—The words “in spirit” are added from Luke 1:80; omitted in R.V. Filled with wisdom.—Lit. “becoming full of wisdom.” The grace of God.—The favour of God. The first point noted is healthy physical growth, the second a proportionate increase of knowledge, and the third an enjoyment of God’s favour.Luke 2:41.—The male Israelites were commanded to attend the three yearly feasts (Exodus 23:14-17); but the custom seems to have fallen into abeyance. The attendance... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

Luke 2:41-52 This passage is one of peculiar interest, as this account which it gives is the only circumstance mentioned of our blessed Lord from His childhood till He was thirty years of age. And while it contains much matter for deeper reflection, it bears at once on the surface this information that He was living in strict obedience to the law of Moses, and in wonderful lowliness and meekness, was being brought up as any child of human parents might be. I. Our Lord does not appear before us... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:48-49

Luke 2:48-49 The Finding of Christ in the Temple. I. One of the things which it would have been absolutely impossible for the intellect of a human infant to grasp would be the idea of Divine Sonship, the idea of that relation in which the Son of God stands to the Eternal Father. There must have been a period, then, in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, in which He awoke, as it were, to spiritual consciousness, and came to know who and what He really was. The light of this knowledge may have broken... 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 2:39-52

Luke 2:39-52Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the PassoverThe life of JesusI.JESUS CHRIST IN HOME LIFE. “And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.” 1. We see Him settling down to the relationships of home. But Jesus Christ was perfectly content in the home circle. He did not complain of its narrowness and confinement. For He did not judge life by its magnitude, but by the principle which animates it; He did not judge life by its... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:48

Luke 2:48Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us?--Perplexity in presence of mysteryThis question of the mother of Jesus reveals an experience of the human heart which is very common, which is most common in the best hearts and those who feel their responsibility the most. The Virgin Mary is the perpetual type of people who, entrusted with any great and sacred interest, identify their own lives with that interest and care for it conscientiously; but who, by and by, when the interest begins to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:48

48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. Ver. 48. Have sought thee sorrowing ] Animo tristissimo, et afflictissimo. God often cures a lethargy of security, by a fever of perplexity. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 2:48

Reciprocal: Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Luke 2:27 - the parents Luke 2:33 - General Luke 2:49 - my read more

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