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Texts -- Luke 2:12 (NET)

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2:12 This will be a sign for you : You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger .”

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  • Alam Raya Berkumandang [KJ.101] ( Angels We Have Heard on High / Les anges dans nos campagnes )
  • Anak Maria dalam Palungan [KJ.112]
  • Bernyanyilah Merdu [KJ.106] ( Good Christian Men, Rejoice / In dulci jubilo )
  • Bukan oleh Raja Roma [KJ.135]
  • Dalam Kota Raja Daud [KJ.113]
  • Dari Terbitnya Surya T'rang [KJ.137]
  • Dengarlah Kidung [KJ.103]
  • Di Palungan Dibaringkan [KJ.111]
  • Gembala Waktu Malam G'lap [KJ.95a] ( While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks )
  • Gembala Waktu Malam G'lap [KJ.95b] ( While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks )
  • Hai Malaikat dari Sorga [KJ.97]
  • Hai Mari Berhimpun [KJ.109] ( Adeste fideles / O Come, All Ye Faithful )
  • Hai, Siarkan di Gunung [KJ.120]
  • Jauh dari Sorga Datangku' [KJ.98] ( From Heaven Above to Earth I Come / Vom Himmel hock da komm ich her )
  • Kau, Yesus, Raja Mahakaya [KJ.297]
  • Lahir Kristus di Dunia [KJ.125]
  • Lahir Putera Mulia [KJ.132] ( Puer nobis nascitur / Unto Us a Boy Is Born )
  • Malam Kudus [KJ.92] ( Silent Night / Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht )
  • Mari, Lihatlah Semua [KJ.114]
  • S'lamat, S'lamat Datang [KJ.123]

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • 2:1-2 When did the Magi visit Jesus in Bethlehem?74There are several factors that point to a time about a year after Jesus' birth. First, Matthew described Jesus as a "child"(Gr. paidion, v. 11), not an "infant"(Gr. brephos, ...
  • I. Introduction 1:1-4II. The birth and childhood of Jesus 1:5-2:52A. The announcement of John the Baptist's birth 1:5-251. The introduction of John's parents 1:5-72. The angel's announcement to Zechariah 1:8-233. The pregnanc...
  • This section contains material unique in Luke. The only repeated statement occurs in Luke 2:39 and Matthew 2:23. Other unique features are Luke's alternating the reader's attention between John and Jesus, and the joy that sev...
  • As in the first part of this major section of the Gospel (1:5-56), Luke arranged his material in this one to compare and contrast John the Baptist and Jesus (1:57-2:52). In that section there was prediction, but in this one t...
  • There is great theological significance in this familiar passage. It comes through mainly in the angel's words and in the symbolism of what happened."In 2:8-14 we have a third annunciation scene, which follows the same patter...
  • Jesus' obedience to His heavenly Father included obedience to His earthly parents (Exod. 20:12; cf. Col. 3:20). Luke balanced the former revelation of Jesus' deity with this indication of His humanity. His second reference to...
  • Why did Luke place his genealogy of Jesus at this point in his Gospel? Probably he did so because this was the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. Matthew recorded Jesus' genealogy to show that He had a legitimate right by b...
  • Luke's account of the events following Jesus' resurrection stresses the reality of that event and the reactions of the witnesses to it. All these people felt depressed because of Jesus' death, but when they learned of His res...
  • Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. New ed. 4 vols. London: Rivingtons, 1880.Bailey, Kenneth E. Poet and Peasant: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1977.Bishop...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • 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 came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sor...
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