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Selected Verse: Luke 2:15 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 2:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] it came to pass [1096], as [5613] the angels [32] were gone away [565] from [575] them [846] into [1519] heaven [3772], [2532] the shepherds [444] [4166] said [2036] one [240] to [4314] another [240], Let us [1330] now [1211] go [1330] even unto [2193] Bethlehem [965], and [2532] see [1492] this [5124] thing [4487] which is come to pass [1096], which [3739] [3588] the Lord [2962] hath made known [1107] unto us [2254]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Let us go, &c.--lovely simplicity of devoutness and faith this! They are not taken up with the angels, the glory that invested them, and the lofty strains with which they filled the air. Nor do they say, Let us go and see if this be true--they have no misgivings. But "Let us go and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us." Does not this confirm the view given on Luk 2:8 of the spirit of these humble men? |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Unto Bethlehem - The city of David, where the angel had told them they would find the Saviour. These shepherds appear to have been pious people. They were waiting for the coming of the Messiah. On the first intimation that he had actually appeared they went with haste to find him. So all people should without delay seek the Saviour. When told of him by the servants of God, they should, like these shepherds, forsake all, and give no rest to their eyes until they have found him. We may "always" find him. We need not travel to Bethlehem. We have only to cast our eyes to heaven; to look to him and to believe on him, and we shall find him ever near to us, and forever our Saviour and friend. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angels
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The shepherds
Some texts add οἱ ἄνθρωποι, the men; but the later texts omit.
Let us go (διέλθωμεν)
The preposition διά, through, implies through the intervening space.
Thing (ῥῆμα)
See on Luk 1:37. The utterance of the shepherds contains a climax: "Let us go and see this saying, which has come to pass; which the Lord made known." |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem - Διελθωμεν, let us go across the country at the nearest, that we may lose no time, that we may speedily see this glorious reconciler of God and man. All delays are dangerous: but he who delays to seek Jesus, when the angels, the messengers of God, bring him glad tidings of salvation, risks his present safety and his eternal happiness. O, what would the damned in hell give for those moments in which the living hear of salvation, had they the same possibility of receiving it! Reader, be wise. Acquaint thyself now with God, and be at peace; and thereby good will come unto thee. Amen. |
8 And [2532] there were [2258] in [1722] the same [846] country [5561] shepherds [4166] abiding in the field [63], [2532] keeping [5442] watch [5438] over [1909] their [846] flock [4167] by night [3571].
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].
37 For [3754] with [3844] God [2316] nothing [3756] [3956] [4487] shall be impossible [101].