Luke:2:9-11

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rwp @Luke:2:9 @{Stood by them } (\epest ˆ autois \). Ingressive aorist active indicative . Stepped by their side . The same word in strkjv @Acts:12:7 | of the angel there . Paul uses it in the sense of standing by in strkjv @Acts:22:20 |. It is a common old Greek word , \ephist ˆmi \. {Were sore afraid } (\ephob ˆth ˆsan phobon megan \). First aorist passive indicative with cognate accusative (the passive sense gone ), they feared a great fear . rwp @Luke:2:10 @{I bring you good tidings of great joy } (\euaggelizomai h –min charan megal ˆn \). Wycliff , "I evangelize to you a great joy ." The active verb \euaggeliz “\ occurs only in late Greek writers , LXX , a few papyri examples , and the N .T . The middle (deponent ) appears from Aristophanes on . Luke and Paul employ both substantive \euaggelion \ and verb \euaggeliz “\ very frequently . It is to Paul 's influence that we owe their frequency and popularity in the language of Christendom (George Milligan , _The Epistles to the Thessalonians_ , p . 143 ). The other Gospels do not have the verb save strkjv @Matthew:11:5 | and that in a quotation (Isaiah:61:1 |). rwp @Luke:2:11 @\Is born \ (\etechth ˆ\). First aorist passive indicative from \tikt “\. Was born . {Saviour } (\s “t ˆr \). This great word is common in Luke and Paul and seldom elsewhere in the N .T . (Bruce ). The people under Rome 's rule came to call the emperor "Saviour " and Christians took the word and used it of Christ . See inscriptions (Deissmann , _Light from the Ancient East_ , p . 344 ). {Christ the Lord } (\Christos Kurios \). This combination occurs nowhere else in the N .T . and it is not clear what it really means . Luke is very fond of \Kurios \ ({Lord }) where the other Gospels have Jesus . It may mean "Christ the Lord ," "Anointed Lord ," "Messiah , Lord ," "The Messiah , the Lord ," "An Anointed One , a Lord ," or "Lord Messiah ." It occurs once in the LXX (Lamentations:4:20 |) and is in Ps . of Sol . strkjv @17:36 . Ragg suggests that our phrase "the Lord Jesus Christ " is really involved in "A Saviour (Jesus ) which is Christ the Lord ." See on ¯Matthew:1:1 | for Christ and ¯Matthew:21:3 | for Lord .

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