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2009-12-22 13:33:26

2014-08-17 13:37:47

For the main points of the narrative, relating them in a Progression seemed to be most helpful. (This is arcing from the standpoint of the author, progressing the story along.) What Luke 2:8-20 (particularly vs11) are to bring to mind: Jesus is the Shepherd ("I am the good shepherd") a Savior - Jesus is the Shepherd Savior ( "[Jesus' blood] speaks a better word than the blood of Abel" "Strike the shepherd" "I lay down my life for the sheep" ) who is Christ - Jesus is the Shepherd Messiah ( " God will set over the sheep one shepherd: 'my servant David.'" "[the one from Bethlehem] will stand and shepherd his flock" ) the Lord - Jesus is the Shepherd God ("God who has been my shepherd all my life" "[God] will tend his flock like a shepherd" "I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ...declares the Lord GOD" "The LORD is my shepherd") in the city of David - Jesus is the Davidic Shepherd ("In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel...'" " God will set over the sheep one shepherd: 'my servant David.'") Biblical survey of Shepherds: Abel: the first shepherd (Gen 4:2). One who honored God with his sacrifice and service. Key verses : Gen 4:10 "And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground." Heb 12:22a,24 "But you have come... to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." Abel is the first human shepherd and his life reflects The Shepherd through presenting a pleasing sacrifice to God and by representing the contrast of shed blood (Abel's) that calls out for justice vs. shed blood (Jesus') that speaks mercy. Rachel (Jacob's favorite wife) was a shepherdess (Gen 29:9) and Jacob worked as a shepherd (it seems--see Gen 30:36, for example) 14 years in order to marry Leah & Rachel. Joseph and the other sons of Jacob were shepherds (Gen 37:2). Jacob is the first to recognize God as his shepherd (Gen 48:15,49:24). Moses is working as a shepherd when God calls to him from the burning bush (Ex 3:1). The curse on disobedient Israel is 40 years of shepherding in the wilderness (Num 14:33). Moses vests Joshua with authority as a shepherd of Israel (Num 27:17). David was a shepherd and was in fact keeping the sheep when Samuel was seeking to anoint him king (1Sam 16:11). David learned courage and might through trust in God from his shepherding; it was this that allowed him to fight Goliath (1Sam 17:34). After Saul's death, all the tribes of Israel anointed David king because of his leadership and because the LORD had declared he would be shepherd of the people (2Sam 5:1-2, 1Chr 11:2). The judges are referred to as shepherds (2Sam 7:7). It seems this term has taken on the meaning of "leader" at this point. (Such is the case through Jeremiah, etc.--especially clear in Zeph 10:3.) Micaiah, the prophet, is the first to use the idiom "like sheep without a shepherd" (1Kgs 22:17, 2Chr 18:6). Jesus would use this idiom in Matt 9:36/Mark 6:34. Isaiah announces a prophecy of good news, saying "Behold you God!" What is beheld is God coming with might, rule, reward, recompense, and the promise to be a caring shepherd of the people (Is 40:9-11). (Also, Jer 31:10, 50:19) Cyrus becomes God's shepherd (Is 44:28). Ez 34 is a huge shepherd chapter. The progression is this: (1) The shepherds of Israel are terrible--they feed themselves, not the sheep . (2) Therefore, God is against these shepherds, and he himself will save the sheep. (3) In fact, God himself will become their shepherd. (4) And God will set over the sheep one shepherd: "my servant David." The ruler whose origin is ancient/eternal days and who comes from the clan of Bethlehem will stand and shepherd God's flock in the LORD's strength (Mic 5:2-4). A vision of the last days, the days of Messiah, are presented (without distinction between first and second coming). It starts like this: "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness." And then speaks of the shepherd who stands next to the LORD like this: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones." (Zech 13-14) This is fulfilled, says Jesus, in Matt 26:31/Mark 14:27 when the disciples flee at Jesus' arrest. Jesus is the shepherd who stands next to the LORD and is struck by the people. "The LORD is my shepherd..." (Ps 23) (Also, see Ps 28:9, 80:1, Eccl 12:11) John 10:14-17 is huge. Jesus: "I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again." Jesus as the great Shepherd of our souls is further enforced in Heb 13:20 "our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep" and 1Pet 2:25 "For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls." Note that both occurrences of this theme in the epistles connects closely with the suffering of the shepherd (see Heb 13:20 "[God] brought again [Jesus] from the dead...by the blood of the eternal covenant" and 1Pet 2:24 "He himself bore our sins...")

10000000019475 19475 Notes 2009-12-22 13:33:26 2014-08-17 13:37:47 For the main points of the narrative, relating them in a Progression seemed to be most helpful. (This is arcing from the standpoint of the author, progressing the story along.) What Luke 2:8-20 (particularly vs11) are to bring to mind: Jesus is the Shepherd ("I am the good shepherd") a Savior - Jesus is the Shepherd Savior ( "[Jesus' blood] speaks a better word than the blood of Abel" "Strike the shepherd" "I lay down my life for the sheep" ) who is Christ - Jesus is the Shepherd Messiah ( " God will set over the sheep one shepherd: 'my servant David.'" "[the one from Bethlehem] will stand and shepherd his flock" ) the Lord - Jesus is the Shepherd God ("God who has been my shepherd all my life" "[God] will tend his flock like a shepherd" "I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, ...declares the Lord GOD" "The LORD is my shepherd") in the city of David - Jesus is the Davidic Shepherd ("In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel...'" " God will set over the sheep one shepherd: 'my servant David.'") Biblical survey of Shepherds: Abel: the first shepherd (Gen 4:2). One who honored God with his sacrifice and service. Key verses : Gen 4:10 "And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground." Heb 12:22a,24 "But you have come... to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." Abel is the first human shepherd and his life reflects The Shepherd through presenting a pleasing sacrifice to God and by representing the contrast of shed blood (Abel's) that calls out for justice vs. shed blood (Jesus') that speaks mercy. Rachel (Jacob's favorite wife) was a shepherdess (Gen 29:9) and Jacob worked as a shepherd (it seems--see Gen 30:36, for example) 14 years in order to marry Leah & Rachel. Joseph and the other sons of Jacob were shepherds (Gen 37:2). Jacob is the first to recognize God as his shepherd (Gen 48:15,49:24). Moses is working as a shepherd when God calls to him from the burning bush (Ex 3:1). The curse on disobedient Israel is 40 years of shepherding in the wilderness (Num 14:33). Moses vests Joshua with authority as a shepherd of Israel (Num 27:17). David was a shepherd and was in fact keeping the sheep when Samuel was seeking to anoint him king (1Sam 16:11). David learned courage and might through trust in God from his shepherding; it was this that allowed him to fight Goliath (1Sam 17:34). After Saul's death, all the tribes of Israel anointed David king because of his leadership and because the LORD had declared he would be shepherd of the people (2Sam 5:1-2, 1Chr 11:2). The judges are referred to as shepherds (2Sam 7:7). It seems this term has taken on the meaning of "leader" at this point. (Such is the case through Jeremiah, etc.--especially clear in Zeph 10:3.) Micaiah, the prophet, is the first to use the idiom "like sheep without a shepherd" (1Kgs 22:17, 2Chr 18:6). Jesus would use this idiom in Matt 9:36/Mark 6:34. Isaiah announces a prophecy of good news, saying "Behold you God!" What is beheld is God coming with might, rule, reward, recompense, and the promise to be a caring shepherd of the people (Is 40:9-11). (Also, Jer 31:10, 50:19) Cyrus becomes God's shepherd (Is 44:28). Ez 34 is a huge shepherd chapter. The progression is this: (1) The shepherds of Israel are terrible--they feed themselves, not the sheep . (2) Therefore, God is against these shepherds, and he himself will save the sheep. (3) In fact, God himself will become their shepherd. (4) And God will set over the sheep one shepherd: "my servant David." The ruler whose origin is ancient/eternal days and who comes from the clan of Bethlehem will stand and shepherd God's flock in the LORD's strength (Mic 5:2-4). A vision of the last days, the days of Messiah, are presented (without distinction between first and second coming). It starts like this: "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness." And then speaks of the shepherd who stands next to the LORD like this: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones." (Zech 13-14) This is fulfilled, says Jesus, in Matt 26:31/Mark 14:27 when the disciples flee at Jesus' arrest. Jesus is the shepherd who stands next to the LORD and is struck by the people. "The LORD is my shepherd..." (Ps 23) (Also, see Ps 28:9, 80:1, Eccl 12:11) John 10:14-17 is huge. Jesus: "I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again." Jesus as the great Shepherd of our souls is further enforced in Heb 13:20 "our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep" and 1Pet 2:25 "For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls." Note that both occurrences of this theme in the epistles connects closely with the suffering of the shepherd (see Heb 13:20 "[God] brought again [Jesus] from the dead...by the blood of the eternal covenant" and 1Pet 2:24 "He himself bore our sins...") notes

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Luke 2:8-20

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Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field,

τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες

in it abiding,

καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν.

keeping watch over their flock by night.

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καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them,

καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς,

and the glory of the Lord shone around them,

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καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν.

and they were filled with great fear.

actionresult

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἄγγελος·

And the angel said to them,

μὴ φοβεῖσθε·

"Fear not,

ἰδοὺ γὰρ εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην

for behold, I bring you good news of great joy

ἥτις ἔσται παντὶ τῷ λαῷ,

that will be for all the people.

ὅτι ἐτέχθη ὑμῖν σήμερον σωτὴρ

For unto you is born this day a Savior,

ὅς ἐστιν Χριστὸς κύριος

who is Christ the Lord,

ἐν πόλει Δαυείδ·

in the city of David.

ground

καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον,

And this will be a sign for you:

εὑρήσετε βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον

you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths

καὶ κείμενον ἐν φάτνῃ.

and lying in a manger."

καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host

αἰνούντων τὸν θεὸν

praising God

καὶ λεγόντων·

and saying,

δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ

"Glory to God in the highest,

καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας.

and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι,

When the angels went away from them into heaven,

οἱ ποιμένες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους·

the shepherds said to one another,

διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλεὲμ

"Let us go over to Bethlehem

καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥήμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς

and see this thing that has happened,

ὃ ὁ κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν.

which the Lord has made known to us."

actionpurpose

temporal

καὶ ἦλθαν

And they went

σπεύσαντες,

with haste

actionmanner

καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ·

and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.

ἰδόντες δὲ

And when they saw [it/them],

ἐγνώρισαν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ λαληθέντος αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου τούτου.

they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.

καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν περὶ τῶν λαληθέντων ὑπὸ τῶν ποιμένων πρὸς αὐτούς·

And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.

ἡ δὲ Μαρία πάντα συνετήρει τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα

But/And Mary treasured up all these things,

συνβάλλουσα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς.

pondering them in her heart.

καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες,

And the shepherds returned,

δοξάζοντες

glorifying

καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ ἴδον

and praising God for all they had heard and seen,

καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.

as it had been told them.

comparison

discourse

10000000019475 19475 Arc 2009-12-22 13:33:26 2014-08-17 13:37:23 editing Luke 2 8 2 20 Luke 2:8-20 42 NT tisch esv i4394 i4395 i4356 Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, i4396 i4357 τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες in it abiding, i4358 καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν. keeping watch over their flock by night. series ideaexplanation 1 i4397 i4398 i4359 καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, i4360 καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, progression i4361 καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν. and they were filled with great fear. actionresult 2 i4399 i4362 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἄγγελος· And the angel said to them, i4400 i4401 i4363 μὴ φοβεῖσθε· "Fear not, i4402 i4403 i4364 ἰδοὺ γὰρ εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην for behold, I bring you good news of great joy i4365 ἥτις ἔσται παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, that will be for all the people. progression i4404 i4366 ὅτι ἐτέχθη ὑμῖν σήμερον σωτὴρ For unto you is born this day a Savior, i4367 ὅς ἐστιν Χριστὸς κύριος who is Christ the Lord, i4368 ἐν πόλει Δαυείδ· in the city of David. series ideaexplanation 1 ground 1 i4405 i4369 καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον, And this will be a sign for you: i4406 i4370 εὑρήσετε βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths i4371 καὶ κείμενον ἐν φάτνῃ. and lying in a manger." progression ideaexplanation 1 ideaexplanation 1 i4407 i4372 καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host i4408 i4373 αἰνούντων τὸν θεὸν praising God i4409 i4374 καὶ λεγόντων· and saying, i4410 i4375 δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ "Glory to God in the highest, i4376 καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας. and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" ideaexplanation 1 ideaexplanation 1 ideaexplanation 1 i4411 i4377 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι, When the angels went away from them into heaven, i4412 i4378 οἱ ποιμένες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους· the shepherds said to one another, i4413 i4379 διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλεὲμ "Let us go over to Bethlehem i4414 i4380 καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥήμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς and see this thing that has happened, i4381 ὃ ὁ κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν. which the Lord has made known to us." ideaexplanation 1 actionpurpose 2 ideaexplanation 1 temporal 1 1 i4415 i4416 i4382 καὶ ἦλθαν And they went i4383 σπεύσαντες, with haste actionmanner 1 i4384 καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ· and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. actionresult 2 i4417 i4418 i4385 ἰδόντες δὲ And when they saw [it/them], i4386 ἐγνώρισαν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ λαληθέντος αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου τούτου. they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. temporal 1 1 i4419 i4387 καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν περὶ τῶν λαληθέντων ὑπὸ τῶν ποιμένων πρὸς αὐτούς· And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. i4420 i4388 ἡ δὲ Μαρία πάντα συνετήρει τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα But/And Mary treasured up all these things, i4389 συνβάλλουσα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς. pondering them in her heart. actionmanner 1 series actionresult 2 i4421 i4390 καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες, And the shepherds returned, i4422 i4423 i4391 δοξάζοντες glorifying i4392 καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ ἴδον and praising God for all they had heard and seen, ideaexplanation 1 i4393 καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς. as it had been told them. comparison 1 actionmanner 1 progression 1 1 1 tisch 25 esv 25 a 50 discourse