Category: Luke 2
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Jesus as a Boy in the Temple
(Luke 2:41-52) Jesus went with his parents to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover when he was about twelve years of age. But when his parents left to return to Nazareth, Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without their knowledge. They had travelled a day’s journey thinking he was amongst the company of people travelling,…
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Baby Jesus Blessed in the Temple
(Luke 2:22-40) Much of this section of scripture is historical and refers to Jesus when his parents brought him to the temple as a babe. It was required under the laws of Moses that all male children be presented to the Lord in the temple and offerings made. At that time though, Simeon, a devout…
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Shepherds in the Fields by Night
(Luke 2:9-21) In the previous post I noted that the Lord could not have been born on December 25th due to the fact that the shepherds were in the fields at night with their sheep. December is too cold in the region of Bethlehem for the shepherds to be in the fields at night and…
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The Birth of Jesus
(Luke 2:1-8) Here we see the birth of Jesus described and it provides further evidence of his lineage and descent from David the King. At the time of his birth the emperor of Rome, Caesar Augustus, sent out an order for all the peoples of the Roman Empire to be enrolled. That is he was…
