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Selected Verse: Luke 2:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 2:20 |
King James |
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. |
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] |
| glorifying and praising God, &c.--The latter word, used of the song of the angels (Luk 2:13), and in Luk 19:37, and Luk 24:53, leads us to suppose that theirs was a song too, probably some canticle from the Psalter--meet vehicle for the swelling emotions of their simple hearts at what "they had heard and seen." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The shepherds returned - To their flocks.
Glorifying ... - Giving honor to God, and celebrating his praises. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For all the things that they had heard - From Mary; as it was told them - By the angels. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising - These simple men, having satisfactory evidence of the truth of the good tidings, and feeling a Divine influence upon their own minds, returned to the care of their flocks, glorifying God for what he had shown them, and for the blessedness which they felt. "Jesus Christ, born of a woman, laid in a stable, proclaimed and ministered to by the heavenly host, should be a subject of frequent contemplation to the pastors of his Church. After having compared the predictions of the prophets with the facts stated in the evangelic history, their own souls being hereby confirmed in these sacred truths, they will return to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for what they had seen and heard in the Gospel history, just as it had been told them in the writings of the prophets; and, preaching these mysteries with the fullest conviction of their truth, they become instruments in the hands of God of begetting the same faith in their hearers; and thus the glory of God and the happiness of his people are both promoted." What subjects for contemplation! - what matter for praise! |
53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,