Historical Study of Jesus the Christ and His Mission. James E. Talmage
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Название: Historical Study of Jesus the Christ and His Mission
Автор: James E. Talmage
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FOOTNOTES:
186. Luke 1:19, 26; see also Dan. 8:16; 9:21–23.
187. Luke 1:5; compare 1 Chron. 24:10.
188. Ezra 2:36–39.
189. Luke 1:8, 9; read the entire chapter.
190. Lev. chap. 16; Heb. 9:1–7; see also "House of the Lord," p. 59, and compare pp. 24 and 39. Note 6, end of chapter.
191. Page 45. For other instances of children promised in spite of barrenness due to age or other causes, see Isaac (Gen. 17:16, 17 and 21:1–3); Samson, (Judges, chap. 13); Samuel (1 Sam. chap. 1); son of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14–17).
192. Note 1, end of chapter.
193. Luke 1:19, 20.
194. Luke 1:57; compare verse 39.
195. Note 2, end of chapter.
196. Note 3, end of chapter.
197. Luke 1:68–79.
198. Luke 1:65, 66; see also 3:15.
199. Luke 1:80.
200. Luke 1:28.
201. Luke 1:30–33.
202. Luke 1:35; see also preceding verses, 31–33.
203. Page 43; and Gen. 3:15.
204. Luke 1:42; read verses 39–56.
205. Luke 1:46–55.
206. Note 4, end of chapter.
207. Matt. 1:20, 21; read 18–25.
208. Matt. 1:22–23; compare Isa. 7:14; see also 9:6.
209. Matt. 1:24, 25.
210. 2 Peter 1:20.
211. Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; compare Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:8.
212. Note 5, end of chapter.
213. For instances see Matt. 9:27; 15:22; 21:9; 20:30, 31, with which compare Luke 18:38, 39.
214. Rom. 1:3; 2 Tim. 2:8; see also Acts 2:30; 13:23; compare Psa. 132:11; see also Luke 1:32.
215. Matt. 1:23.
CHAPTER 8.
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM.
THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
Equally definite with the prophecies declaring that the Messiah would be born in the lineage of David are the predictions that fix the place of His birth at Bethlehem, a small town in Judea. There seems to have been no difference of opinion among priests, scribes, or rabbis on the matter, either before or since the great event. Bethlehem, though small and of little importance in trade or commerce, was doubly endeared to the Jewish heart as the birthplace of David and as that of the prospective Messiah. Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth of Galilee, far removed from Bethlehem of Judea; and, at the time of which we speak, the maternity of the Virgin was fast approaching.
At that time a decree went out from Rome ordering a taxing of the people in all kingdoms and provinces tributary to the empire; the call was of general scope, it provided "that all the world should be taxed."216 The taxing herein referred to may properly be understood as an enrolment,217 or a registration, whereby a census of Roman subjects would be secured, upon which as a basis the taxation of the different peoples would be determined. This particular census was the second of three such general registrations recorded by historians as occurring at intervals of about twenty years. Had the census been taken by the usual Roman method, each person would have been enrolled at the town of his residence; but the Jewish custom, for which the Roman law had respect, necessitated registration at the cities or towns claimed by the respective families as their ancestral homes. As to whether the requirement was strictly mandatory that every family should thus register at the city of its ancestors, we need not be specially concerned; certain it is that Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem, the city of David, to be inscribed under the imperial decree.218
The little town was crowded at the time, most likely by the multitude that had come in obedience to the same summons; СКАЧАТЬ