{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.19.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 19:12","href":"/jhn/19/#v12-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 1","snippet":"The phrase was a title of honour frequently given to provincial governors (see Wetstein ad he., Jos. ' Antt.' xiv. 10. 2; Luke ii. 1, note) ; but here it is probably used in a general and not in a technical sense : \" a loyal supporter of the emperor.\""}],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.23.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:23","href":"/jhn/10/#v23-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 4-6","snippet":"(Luke ii. 4-6."}],"5":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.23.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:23","href":"/jhn/10/#v23-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 4-6","snippet":"(Luke ii. 4-6."}],"6":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.23.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:23","href":"/jhn/10/#v23-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 4-6","snippet":"(Luke ii. 4-6."}],"7":[],"8":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.2.11.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 2:11","href":"/jhn/2/#v11-calvin","text":"Luke 2:8","snippet":"The meaning is, that this was the first of Christ’s miracles; for when the angels announced to the shepherds that he was born in Bethlehem, (Luke 2:8,) when the star appeared to the Magi, (Matthew 2:2,) when the Holy Spirit descended on him in the shape of a dove, (Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; John 1:32,) though these were miracles, yet, strictly speaking, they were not …"}],"9":[],"10":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:4","href":"/jhn/17/#v4-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 10","snippet":"Not all Israel only (Luke ii. 10, all the people, Matt. xv. 34), but all humanity are the subjects of Messiah (Matt, xxviii. 19)."}],"11":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.13.21-23.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 13:21–23","href":"/jhn/13/#v21-bengel","text":"Luke ii. 11","snippet":"There is, however, in this passage, a designation [intimation by description] of the proper name itself (as in Luke ii. 11, notes; the name Jesus not being given, but its equivalent force being represented by the term Saviour; ... i. 4, “Him which is, and which was, and which is to come,” a periphrasis for the Tetragram of Jehovah, 77°; …"}],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.1.51.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 1:51","href":"/jhn/1/#v51-chrysostom","text":"Luke ii. 14","snippet":"… and the Ascension, and before this also, when they “came and ministered unto Him” ( Matt. iv. 11 ), when they proclaimed the glad tidings of His birth, and cried, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace” ( Luke ii. 14 ), when they came to Mary, when they came to Joseph."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.27.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:27","href":"/jhn/14/#v27-henry","text":"Luke ii. 14","snippet":"It is the peace he purchased for us and preached to us, and on which the angels congratulated men at his birth, Luke ii. 14."}],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[],"18":[],"19":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.3.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:3","href":"/jhn/2/#v3-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 19, 51","snippet":"The Mother of the Lord having heard of the testimony of the Baptist, and seeing the disciples gathered round her Son, the circumstances of whose miraculous birth she treasured in her heart (Luke ii. 19, 51), must have looked now at length for the manifestation of His power, and thought that an occasion only was wanting."}],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.14.16.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 14:16","href":"/jhn/14/#v16-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 25","snippet":"It is only fair to say that \" the consolation of Israel \" was a Jewish name of Messiah (Luke ii. 25,) and that some think that Christ was one Comforter and the Holy Ghost another."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.29.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 25","snippet":"A corresponding glimpse of Christ's sufferings is given by Symeon in Luke ii. 25 ff. ; and there can be no difficulty in believing that at this crisis the Forerunner had a prophetic insight into a truth which was afterwards hidden from the disciples (Matt. xvi. 21 ff)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"ii. 25","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."}],"26":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.3.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:3","href":"/jhn/3/#v3-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 26","snippet":"The sense which is commonly given to \" see \" in this passage, as if it were equivalent to \"enjoy,\" \"have experience of\" (Luke ii. 26, see death; Acts ii. 27, see corruption; 1 Pet. iii. 10, see good days), entirely sacrifices the marked contrast between \"seeing\" and \" entering into \" the kingdom."}],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[],"31":[],"32":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.12.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:12","href":"/jhn/8/#v12-henry","text":"Luke ii. 32","snippet":"He was expected to be a light to enlighten the Gentiles (Luke ii. 32), and so the light of the world, and not of the Jewish church only."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.12.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:12","href":"/jhn/8/#v12-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 32","snippet":"(Luke ii. 32."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:12","href":"/jhn/8/#v12-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 32","snippet":"Compare Isai. xlii. 6, xlix. 6 ; Mal. iv. 2 ; Luke ii. 32."}],"33":[],"34":[{"id":"henry.JHN.19.5.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:5","href":"/jhn/19/#v5-henry","text":"Luke ii. 34","snippet":"He came forth, willing to be made a spectacle, and to be hooted at, as no doubt he was when he came forth in this garb, knowing that he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, Luke ii. 34."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.19.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:19","href":"/jhn/10/#v19-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 34","snippet":"That our Lord would be a cause of division — a stone of stumbling to some, and set for the rise and fall of many in Israel — had been foretold by Isaiah, viii. 14, and by Simeon, Luke ii. 34."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.18-19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:18–19","href":"/jhn/3/#v18-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 34, 35","snippet":"(Comp. Luke ii. 34, 35.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:31","href":"/jhn/12/#v31-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 34","snippet":"The Passion was the judgment of the world (Luke ii. 34 f.), which shewed both men's thoughts towards Christ, and the true position of the world towards God."}],"35":[{"id":"henry.JHN.19.25.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:25","href":"/jhn/19/#v25-henry","text":"Luke ii. 35","snippet":"Now was fulfilled Simeon's word, A sword shall pierce through thy own soul, Luke ii. 35."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.9.39.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 9:39","href":"/jhn/9/#v39-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 35","snippet":"In that the expression is very parallel to that of Simeon, (Luke ii. 35,) \" The thoughts of many hearts were revealed by his coming."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.19.25.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 19:25","href":"/jhn/19/#v25-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 35","snippet":"Who can doubt that when she saw her Son hanging on the cross, she must have realized the truth of old Simeon's prophecy, \" A sword shall pierce through thine own soul also,\" (Luke ii. 35."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.18-19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:18–19","href":"/jhn/3/#v18-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 34, 35","snippet":"(Comp. Luke ii. 34, 35.)"}],"36":[],"37":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.14.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:14","href":"/jhn/2/#v14-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 37, 46","snippet":"Contrast Matt. iv. 5, xii. 6, xxiv. i ; Luke ii. 37, 46 ; John x. 23 ; Acts iii. 10, xxi. 28 (Hieron, the temple-courts), with Matt, xxiii. 17, 35, xxvK. j, note, 51 ; Luke i. 21 ; John ii. 20 (Naos, the sanctuary)."}],"38":[],"39":[],"40":[],"41":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.13.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:13","href":"/jhn/2/#v13-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 41","snippet":"Comp. Luke ii. 41 f."}],"42":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.7.39-42.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 7:39–42","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-bengel","text":"Luke ii. 42","snippet":"Thirty-two years were not a time beyond memory, especially as there intervened in His twelfth year a new admonition, Luke ii. 42 [His sitting among the doctors in the temple, and astonishing them with His understanding and answers]. ... from Bethlehem) This John takes for granted as known from the other evangelists respecting Jesus."}],"43":[],"44":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.10.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:10","href":"/jhn/7/#v10-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 44","snippet":"(Luke ii. 44.)— Our Lord never sought publicity but once, and that was when He entered Jerusalem, at the last passover, just before His crucifixion."}],"45":[],"46":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.14.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:14","href":"/jhn/7/#v14-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 46","snippet":"(Luke ii. 46."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.14.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:14","href":"/jhn/2/#v14-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 37, 46","snippet":"Contrast Matt. iv. 5, xii. 6, xxiv. i ; Luke ii. 37, 46 ; John x. 23 ; Acts iii. 10, xxi. 28 (Hieron, the temple-courts), with Matt, xxiii. 17, 35, xxvK. j, note, 51 ; Luke i. 21 ; John ii. 20 (Naos, the sanctuary)."}],"47":[],"48":[{"id":"henry.JHN.20.11.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 20:11","href":"/jhn/20/#v11-henry","text":"Luke ii. 48","snippet":"Those that seek Christ must seek him sorrowing (Luke ii. 48), must weep, not for him, but for themselves."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.3.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:3","href":"/jhn/2/#v3-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 48","snippet":"Contrast Luke ii. 48."}],"49":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.2.16.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 2:16","href":"/jhn/2/#v16-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 49","snippet":"Some have thought that the expression is parallel to that used in the description of Christ among the doctors, (Luke ii. 49.) and that the words used there, * I must be about my Father's business,\" would have been better rendered, \" I must be in my Father's house.\""},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:38","href":"/jhn/1/#v38-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 49","snippet":"(Luke ii. 49)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:16","href":"/jhn/2/#v16-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 49","snippet":"my Fathers house\"] Compare Luke ii. 49 (\"in that which belongs to my Father\")."}],"50":[],"51":[{"id":"henry.JHN.2.4.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 2:4","href":"/jhn/2/#v4-henry","text":"Luke ii. 51","snippet":"It therefore bespeaks a resentment, yet not at all inconsistent with the reverence and subjection which he paid to his mother, according to the fifth commandment (Luke ii. 51); for there was a time when it was Levi's praise that he said to his father, I have not known him, Deut. xxxiii. 9."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.3.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:3","href":"/jhn/2/#v3-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 19, 51","snippet":"The Mother of the Lord having heard of the testimony of the Baptist, and seeing the disciples gathered round her Son, the circumstances of whose miraculous birth she treasured in her heart (Luke ii. 19, 51), must have looked now at length for the manifestation of His power, and thought that an occasion only was wanting."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.4.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:4","href":"/jhn/2/#v4-westcott","text":"Luke ii. 51","snippet":"The time of silent discipline and obedience (Luke ii. 51) was over."}],"52":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.14.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-ryle","text":"Luke ii. 52","snippet":"(Luke ii. 52."}]}}