Luke 2:17 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:17

After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

KJV

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

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Commentary

2 voices

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 record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

When they had see it - When they had satisfied themselves of the truth of the coming of the Messiah, and had ascertained that they could not have been mistaken in the appearance of the angels. There was evidence enough to satisfy “them” that what the angels said was true, or they would not have gone to Bethlehem. Having seen the child themselves, they had now evidence that would satisfy others; and accordingly they became the first preachers of the “gospel,” and went and proclaimed to others that the Messiah had come.

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδόντες	idontes	Having seen	G1492 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐγνώρισαν	egnōrisan	they made known	G1107 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ῥήματος	rhēmatos	declaration	G4487 →
τοῦ	tou	which	G3588 →
λαληθέντος	lalēthentos	having been told	G2980 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
παιδίου	paidiou	Child	G3813 →
τούτου.	toutou	this.	G3778 →

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
Psalms 66:16
Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
leads to
- Psalms 71:15
  My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- Psalms 34:11
  Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Psalms 71:18
  Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Malachi 3:16
  At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD…
- 1 John 1:3
  We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
Through
Luke 8:39
“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 5:8
  If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- John 4:29
  “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
Through
Luke 2:38
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
leads to
- Luke 2:25
  Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.