Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner Knows his voice, when he calls him, and follows him where he leads him, whether to plough in the field, or feed in...
Overview - Luke 2 1?Augustus taxes all the Roman empire. 6?The nativity of Christ. 8?An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to ...
STALL stol ((1) marbeq, literally,, a place for tying up (Amos 6:4; Malachi 4:2), (2) 'abhac, to give fodder (Proverbs 15:17), (3) 'urvah, to pluck...
Upon the arrival of Joseph and Mary at Bethlehem, Luke ii. 6-7 they could find no room at the inn, and took refuge in a cottage where the babe was bor...
1-11. THE BIRTH OF JESUS PROCLAIMED BY ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS. (Near Bethlehem, B. C. 5.) c?LUKE 2:8-20. ? ? ? c?8 And there were shepherds i...
Her firstborn (ton prwtotokon). The expression naturally means that she afterwards had other children and we read of brothers and sisters of Jesus. T...
CALF kaf (`eghel; par, or par, often rendered bullock): The etymology of both words is uncertain, but the former has a close parallel in the Arabic `...
Song of Solomon 2:8 The voice of my beloved! &c.] So says the church, who well knew Christ her beloved's voice; which is known by all believers in him...
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son At Bethlehem, as was predicted; and the Jews themselves own, that the Messiah is already born, and bo...
STRAW; STUBBLE stro, stub'-'-l: The cognates of Hebrew tebhen, straw and qash, stubble, have been retained in the modern Arabic terms tibn and qashsh...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They have no wisdom, certainly, but even so common a thing as knowledge might have rest...
The First Homily on the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary. The First Homily on the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary.(1) To-Day are strains of p...
CHAPTER 2 Luke 2:1-7 . BIRTH OF CHRIST. 1. C?sar Augustus--the first of the Roman emperors. all the world--so the vast Roman Empire was terme...
Job 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee Whether there is or ever was such a creature, as described under the name of an unicorn, is a quest...
NO ROOM FOR JESUS. And laid him in a manger, because there waa no room for them In the Inn.'* Luke 2:7. You will find my text this evening in the 2...
Upon the eighth day following His birth, the Lord was Luke ii. 21. circumcised, and the name Jesus given Him. Forty days after the birth, Mary presen...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah. Before war kings offered sacrifice, upon the acceptance of whic...
LUKE. CHAPTER II. The Birth of Jesus. SUMMARY.--The Decree of Augustus C?sar. The Journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The Babe in the Manger. The ...
Psalms 132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, ( Joshua 18:1 ) ; h...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...