Luke 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:11

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

KJV

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

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Commentary

6 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Homilies on Luke (253)

Why then did the angel not go to Jerusalem, why did he not seek out the scribes and Pharisees, why did he not enter the synagogue of the Jews, but found "shepherds living out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night" and announced it to them? Does the word not hint at anything but truly the presenting matter, that the angel came to such ignorant shepherds, and does it signify nothing other than that? But the angel announces Christ to the shepherds of the churches.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 10) (202)

And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For [Luke 2:11, etc.] there is born in the house of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then [appeared] a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, to men of good will." The falsely-called Gnostics say that these angels came from the Ogdoad, and made manifest the descent of the superior Christ.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed; he is the Lord, Lord of all; he is a sovereign prince; nay, he is God, for the Lord, in the Old Testament, answers to Jehovah.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A Savior, which is Christ the Lord - A Savior, σωτηρ, the same as Jesus from σωζειν, to make safe, to deliver, preserve, to make alive, thus used by the Septuagint for החיה hecheiah, to cause to escape; used by the same for פלט to confide in, to hope. See the extensive acceptations of the verb in Mintert, who adds under Σωτηρ: “The word properly denotes such a Savior as perfectly frees us from all evil and danger, and is the author of perpetual salvation.” On the word Jesus, see Joh 1:29 (note).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

The shepherds had found their Shepherd.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
ἐτέχθη	etechthē	has been born	G5088 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
σήμερον	sēmeron	today	G4594 →
σωτὴρ	sōtēr	a Savior	G4990 →
ὅς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
χριστὸς	christos	Christ	G5547 →
κύριος	kurios	[the] Lord	G2962 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πόλει	polei	[the] City	G4172 →
Δαυίδ.	Dauid	of David.	G1138 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
leads to
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Jeremiah 23:5–6
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Matthew 1:23
  “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- 1 John 5:20
  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
Through
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
leads to
- John 11:27
  “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
- Matthew 14:33
  Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
Through
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
leads to
- Acts 13:23
  From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.