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VER. 4.

̓Ανέβη δὲ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ἐκ πόλεως Ναζαρὲτ, εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, εἰς πόλιν Δαβὶδ, ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλεὲμ, (διὰ, τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαβίδ,)

And a Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaa, bunto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David :)

a And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary, Luke i. 26, 27.

b And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn with oil, and go; I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons, 1 Sam. xvi. 1. Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse, xvii. 12. Hath | not, the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? John vii. 42.

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a And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

a But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to

be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, Mic. v. 2.

VER. 7.

Καὶ ἔτεκε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότο κον, καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τη φάτνη, διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι.

And a she brought forth her first-born son, band wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and luid him in a manger ; be cause there was no room for them in the

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a Therefore the LORD himself shall

give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and vii. 14. And knew her not till she shall call his name Immanuel, Isa. and he called his name JESUS, Matt. had brought forth her first-born son: i. 25.

b And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger, 12. For he shall grow up before him of a dry ground; he hath no form nor as a tender plant, and as a root out comeliness, Isa. liii. 2. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head, Matt. viii. 20.

VER. 8.

Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες, καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς Tç vuxròç iπì tàv πoíjevnv aùtäv.

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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping *watch over their flocks by night.

*Or, the night-watches.
VER. 9.

Καὶ ἰδοὺ, ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς, καὶ δόξα Κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς· καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

* See on Matt. xviii. ver. 10. clause 2.

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VER. 10.

LUKE II. 10, 11.

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How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Isa. lii. 7. and Rom. x. 15. The Spirit of the Lord GoD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, Ixi. 1. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, Acts xiii. 32.

b See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1.

VER. 11.

Ὅτι ἐτέχθη ὑμῖν σήμερον σωτήρ, ὅς ἐστι Χριστὸς Κύριος, ἐν πόλει Δαβίδ.

For unto you is born this day in the city of Davida a Saviour, which is, b Christ the Lord.

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the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined, Dan. ix. 24-26. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ, Matt. i. 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, xvi. 16. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, The Christ, John i. 41. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name, xx. 31. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ, Acts ii. 36. Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ, xvii. 3. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him that is begotten of him, 1 John v. 1.

And after threescore and two weeks

a See on Matt. i. ver. 21. clause 3. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy c And whence is this to me, that the head, and thou shalt bruise his heel, mother of my Lord should come to me, Gen. iii. 15. The sceptre shall not Luke i. 43. And thou, child, shalt be depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver called the prophet of the Highest; for from between his feet, until Shiloh thou shalt go before the face of the come; and unto him shall the gather-Lord to prepare his ways, 76. And if ing of the people be, xlix. 10. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Psal. ii. 2. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know, therefore, and understand, that from

any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him, xix. 31. And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore calleth him Lord; how is he then his son? xx. 42—44. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all ;) Acts x. 36. Which none of the princes of

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this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven, xv. 47. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake, 2 Cor. iv. 5. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Phil. ii. 11. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Phil. iii. 8. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him, Col. ii. 6. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons, James ii. 1. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS, Rev. xix. 16. See also on Matt. iii. ver. 3.

VER. 12.

Καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον· Εὑρήσετε βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον, κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνη.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

VER. 13.

Καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου, αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ λεγόντων

And suddenly there was with the angela a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

a And he dreamed, and, behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it, Gen. xxviii. 12. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, xxxii. 1, 2.

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he said, Hear thou, therefore, the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left, 1 Kings

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The chariots of God are xxii. 19. twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the LORD is among them as in Sinai, in the holy place, Psal. lxviii. 17. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts, cxlviii. 2. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened, Dan. vii. 10. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, Rev. v. 11.

VER. 14.

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Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἶphvn, iv åveрáπaç Evdonía.

a Glory to God in the highest, b and on earth peace, good will toward men.

a Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest Luke xix. 38. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, Ο earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains ; for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted, which is in heaven, and on the earth, And every creature

Isa. xlix. 13.

and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,

heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever, Rev. v. 13.

b For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isa. ix. 6,7. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him, lvii. 19.

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VER. 10.

LUKE II. 10, 11.

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἄγγελος· Μὴ φοβεῖσθε· ἰδοὺ γὰς, εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην, ἥτις ἔσταὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ·

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, bwhich shall be to all people.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Isa. lii. 7. and Rom. x. 15. The Spirit of the Lord GoD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, Ixi. 1. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, Acts xiii. 32.

b See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1.

VER. 11.

Ὅτι ἐτέχθη ὑμῖν σήμερον σωτὴρ, ὅς ἐστι Χριστὸς Κύριος, ἐν πόλει Δαβίδ.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is, b Christ the Lord.

a See on Matt. i. ver. 21. clause 3. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel, Gen. iii. 15. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be, xlix. 10. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Psal. ii. 2. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know, therefore, and understand, that from

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the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined, Dan. ix. 24-26. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ, Matt. i. 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, xvi. 16.

And after threescore and two weeks

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, The Christ, John i. 41. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name, xx. 31. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ, Acts ii. 36. Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ, xvii. 3. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him that is begotten of him, 1 John v. 1.

c And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me, Luke i. 43. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, 76. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him, xix. 31. And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore calleth him Lord; how is he then his son? xx. 42-44. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all ;) Acts x. 36. Which none of the princes of

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this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven, xv. 47. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake, 2 Cor. iv. 5. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Phil. ii. 11. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Phil. iii. 8. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him, Col. ii. 6. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons, James ii. 1. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS, Rev. xix. 16. See also on Matt. iii. ver. 3.

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Καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου, αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ λεγόντων·

And suddenly there was with the angela a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

a And he dreamed, and, behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it, Gen. xxviii. 12. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, xxxii. 1, 2. And

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he said, Hear thou, therefore, the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left, 1 Kings

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xxii. 19. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the LORD is among them as in Sinai, in the holy place, Psal. lxviií. 17. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts, cxlviii. 2. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened, Dan. vii. 10. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, Rev. v. 11.

VER. 14.

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Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἶpúvn, év åvepúπas evdonía.

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a Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

a Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest Luke xix. 38. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, Ο earth; and break forth into singing. Ο mountains ; for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted, which is in heaven, and on the earth, Isa. xlix. 13. And every creature and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever, Rev. v. 13.

b For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isa. ix. 6,7. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him, lvii. 19.

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