Luke 2:22 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
§ 12. JESUS PRESENTED IN THE TEMPLE, Luk 2:22-38 .
The presentation in the temple must have preceded the arrival of the Magi; as after their presence Jesus would have not have been safe from Herod’s hands.
Jesus underwent circumcision as he underwent death; not because of his own sin, but because he stood as representative of sinners and as a bearer of the sins of others.
Called Jesus See note on Mat 1:21.
22. Days of her purification These were forty days after the birth of a male child; during which the mother was held ceremonially impure, and remained in her own house. The design of this institution was to teach the Jews that man is impure from conception and birth conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.
22. Brought him to Jerusalem From Bethlehem to the temple at Jerusalem.
Consult other comments:
Luke 2:22 - The Greek Testament
Luke 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Luke 2:22 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Luke 2:22 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Luke 2:22 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Luke 2:22 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:22 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Luke 2:22 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Luke 2:22 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luke 2:22 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:22 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Luke 2:22 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Luke 2:22 - Geneva Bible Notes
Luke 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Luke 2:22 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Luke 2:22 - Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)
Luke 2:22 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Luke 2:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:22 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Luke 2:22 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Luke 2:22 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Luke 2:22 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
Luke 2:22 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Luke 2:22 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Luke 2:22 - Church Pulpit Commentary
Luke 2:22 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Luke 2:22 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Luke 2:22 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Luke 2:22 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:22 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 2:22 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Luke 2:22 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Luke 2:22 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).