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Luke
2:15-21
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Commentary on a Harmony of the
Evangelists, John Calvin, 1558:
Luke
2:15-21. |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
 | "We should be more
delivered from errors in judgment and practice, did we more fully ponder
these things in our hearts." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
John Wesley
(1703-1791). |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "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.'" |
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| From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "A mother forgets none
of those things which occur respecting her children." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
| Extraordinary News-Verse
Commentary on Luke 2:8-20, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "In contrast to the
heavenly fanfare in the previous scene, the birth of Jesus couldn’t
have been more down-to-earth." |
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"Mary - Magician or Model,"
Mary, Mother of God, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
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"It is often easier to light a candle in
the church than it is to follow the example of Mary...who expressed [her]
faith in deeds rather than in words." |
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"Fear
Not," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Mary; The Good Sister-in-Law," Mary, Mother of God, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
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"Her greatness was in her ordinariness, and
her power now is in the feeling that she is someone like a sister-in-law
that you can sit down and have a cup of coffee with as she throws sensible
light on whatever problem is bugging you right now." |
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