1 U to vreme pak iziđe zapovest od ćesara Avgusta da se prepiše sav svet. 2 Ovo je bio prvi prepis za vladanja Kirinova Sirijom. 3 I pođoše svi da se prepišu, svaki u svoj grad. 4 Tada pođe i Josif iz Galileje, iz grada Nazareta u Judeju u grad Davidov koji se zvaše Vitlejem, jer on beše iz doma i plemena Davidovog, 5 da se prepiše s Marijom, isprošenom za njega ženom, koja beše trudna. 6 I kad onamo behu, dođe vreme da ona rodi. 7 I rodi Sina svog prvenca, i povi Ga, i metnu Ga u jasle; jer im ne beše mesta u gostionici. 8 I behu pastiri u onom kraju koji čuvahu noćnu stažu kod stada svog. 9 I gle, anđeo Gospodnji stade među njima, i slava Gospodnja obasja ih; i uplašiše se vrlo. 10 I reče im anđeo: Ne bojte se; jer gle, javljam vam veliku radost koja će biti svemu narodu. 11 Jer vam se danas rodi spas, koji je Hristos Gospod, u gradu Davidovom. 12 I eto vam znaka: Naći ćete dete povito gde leži u jaslama. 13 I ujedanput postade s anđelom mnoštvo vojnika nebeskih, koji hvaljahu Boga govoreći: 14◆ Slava na visini Bogu, i na zemlji mir, među ljudima dobra volja. 15 I kad anđeli otidoše od njih na nebo, pastiri govorahu jedan drugom: Hajdemo do Vitlejema, da vidimo to što se tamo dogodilo šta nam kaza Gospod. 16 I dođoše brzo, i nađoše Mariju i Josifa i dete gde leži u jaslama. 17 A kad videše, kazaše sve što im je kazano za to dete. 18 I svi koji čuše diviše se tome što im kazaše pastiri. 19 A Marija čuvaše sve reči ove i slagaše ih u srcu svom. 20 I vratiše se pastiri slaveći i hvaleći Boga za sve što čuše i videše, kao što im bi kazano. 21 I kad se navrši osam dana da Ga obrežu, nadenuše Mu ime Isus, kao što je anđeo rekao dok se još nije bio ni zametnuo u utrobi. 22 I kad dođe vreme da idu na molitvu po zakonu Mojsijevom, doneše Ga u Jerusalim da Ga metnu pred Gospoda, 23 (kao što je napisano u zakonu Gospodnjem: Da se svako dete muško koje najpre otvori matericu posveti Gospodu;) 24 i da prinesu prilog, kao što je rečeno u zakonu Gospodnjem, dve grlice, ili dva golubića. 25 I gle, beše u Jerusalimu čovek po imenu Simeun, i taj čovek beše pravedan i pobožan, koji čekaše utehe Izrailjeve, i Duh Sveti beše u njemu. 26 I njemu beše Sveti Duh kazao da neće videti smrt dok ne vidi Hrista Gospodnjeg. 27 I kaza mu Duh te dođe u crkvu; i kad donesoše roditelji dete Isusa da svrše za Njega zakon po običaju, 28 i on Ga uze na ruke svoje, i hvali Boga i reče: 29 Sad otpuštaš s mirom slugu svog, Gospode, po reči svojoj; 30 Jer videše oči moje spasenje Tvoje, 31 Koje si ugotovio pred licem svih naroda, 32 Videlo, da obasja neznabošce, i slavu naroda Tvog Izrailja. 33 I Josif i mati Njegova čuđahu se tome što se govoraše za Njega. 34 I blagoslovi ih Simeun, i reče Mariji, materi Njegovoj: Gle, Ovaj leži da mnoge obori i podigne u Izrailju, i da bude znak protiv koga će se govoriti 35 (a i tebi samoj probošće nož dušu), da se otkriju misli mnogih srca. 36 I beše Ana proročica, kći Fanuilova, od kolena Asirovog; ona je ostarela, a sedam je godina živela s mužem od devojaštva svog, 37 i udova oko osamdeset i četiri godine, koja ne odlažaše od crkve, i služaše Bogu dan i noć postom i molitvama. 38 I ona u taj čas dođe, i hvaljaše Gospoda i govoraše za Njega svima koji čekahu spasenja u Jerusalimu. 39 I kad svršiše sve po zakonu Gospodnjem, vratiše se u Galileju u grad svoj Nazaret. 40 A dete rastijaše i jačaše u duhu, i punjaše se premudrosti, i blagodat Božija beše na Njemu. 41 I roditelji Njegovi iđahu svake godine u Jerusalim o prazniku pashe. 42 I kad Mu bi dvanaest godina, dođoše oni u Jerusalim po običaju praznika; 43 i kad dane provedoše i oni se vratiše, osta dete Isus u Jerusalimu; i ne znade Josif i mati Njegova; 44 nego misleći da je s društvom, otidoše dan hoda, i stadoše Ga tražiti po rodbini i po znancima. 45 I ne našavši Ga vratiše se u Jerusalim da Ga traže. 46 I posle tri dana nađoše Ga u crkvi gde sedi među učiteljima, i sluša ih, i pita ih, 47 i svi koji Ga slušahu divljahu se Njegovom razumu i odgovorima. 48 I videvši Ga začudiše se, i mati Njegova reče Mu: Sine! Šta učini nama tako? Evo otac tvoj i ja sa strahom tražismo te. 49 I reče im: Zašto ste me tražili? Zar ne znate da meni treba u onom biti što je Oca mog? 50 I oni ne razumeše reči što im reče. 51 I siđe s njima i dođe u Nazaret; i beše im poslušan. I mati Njegova čuvaše sve reči ove u srcu svom. 52 I Isus napredovaše u premudrosti i u rastu i u milosti kod Boga i kod ljudi.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Anna
A prophetess of the tribe of Asher, well along in years, who never left the temple and gave thanks to God and spoke of the child to all who awaited redemption.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:36
Caesar Augustus
The emperor from whom a decree went out that the whole empire be registered, bringing Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:1
Joseph
The carpenter of Nazareth, a just man who became Jesus' legal father.
Cited in the guide: Matt. 1:16-25; 2:13-23; Luke 1:27; 2:1-7
Mary
The virgin mother of Jesus, a young woman of Nazareth who trusted God's word.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 1; Luke 1-2
Phanuel
Named in Luke 2:36 as the father of the prophetess Anna.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:36
Quirinius
The governor of Syria at the time of the first census decreed by Caesar Augustus.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:2
Simeon
A righteous and devout man of Jerusalem, told by the Holy Spirit he would not die before seeing the Lord's Christ, who took the child in his arms and blessed God.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:25; Luke 2:34
Places
Bethlehem
Bethlehem was the home of Ruth and Boaz and the birthplace of David. Micah named it as the Messiah's birthplace — fulfilled in Jesus' nativity.
Cited in the guide: Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:19; Luke 2:4-7
Nazareth
A small agricultural village never named in the Old Testament. Jesus spent his childhood and early life here before beginning his public ministry.
Cited in the guide: Luke 2:39-40; Matthew 2:23; John 1:46
Cross references (49)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 3:1; Matthew 24:14; Acts 25:21
- 2 Luke 3:1
- 4 Micah 5:2; John 7:42; 1 Samuel 16:1; Matthew 2:23; Luke 1:26–27
- 5 Matthew 1:18–19; Deuteronomy 22:22–27
- 6 Psalm 33:11; Revelation 12:1–5; Micah 5:2; Proverbs 19:21; Luke 1:57
- 7 Galatians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Isaiah 53:2–3; John 1:14; Luke 2:11–12
- 8 Psalm 78:70–71; Genesis 31:39–40; John 10:8–12; 1 Samuel 17:34–35; Ezekiel 34:8
- 9 Isaiah 60:1; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Acts 27:23; Revelation 18:1; 1 Kings 8:11
- 10 Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 52:7; Genesis 12:3; Matthew 28:18
- 11 Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:21; Titus 3:4–7; Acts 2:36; Matthew 16:16
- 12 Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:1–2; Isaiah 7:11; Psalm 22:6; 2 Kings 19:29
- 13 Revelation 5:11; Psalm 148:2; Psalm 103:20–21; 1 Kings 22:19; Luke 15:10
- 14 Romans 5:1; Luke 19:38; Luke 1:79; Colossians 1:20; Isaiah 9:6–7
- 15 1 Peter 3:22; Matthew 2:1–2; Luke 24:51; Exodus 3:3; Matthew 2:9–11
- 16 Luke 19:32; Luke 2:12; Luke 2:7; Luke 22:13; Luke 1:39
- 17 Psalm 66:16; Luke 8:39; Psalm 71:17–18; Luke 2:38; Psalm 16:9–10
- 18 Luke 1:65–66; Luke 4:36; Luke 2:33; Isaiah 8:18; Luke 5:9–10
- 19 Luke 2:51; Luke 1:66; Proverbs 4:4; 1 Samuel 21:12; Genesis 37:11
- 20 Psalm 106:48; Acts 11:18; 1 Chronicles 29:10–12; Psalm 72:17–19; Matthew 9:8
- 21 Leviticus 12:3; Genesis 17:12; Luke 1:31; Luke 1:59; Matthew 1:21
- 22 Leviticus 12:1–8
- 23 Exodus 13:2; Numbers 3:13; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 18:15; Exodus 34:19
- 24 Leviticus 12:6–8; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9
- 25 Isaiah 25:9; Luke 2:38; Luke 1:6; Titus 2:11–14; Mark 15:43
- 26 John 8:51; Hebrews 11:5; Luke 9:27; Acts 10:38; John 20:31
- 27 Luke 2:22; Matthew 4:1; Luke 2:48; Luke 2:41; Acts 10:19
- 28 Luke 1:64; Luke 2:13–14; Mark 9:36; Luke 2:20; Mark 10:16
- 29 Revelation 14:13; Genesis 15:15; Philippians 1:23; Genesis 46:30; Isaiah 57:1–2
- 30 Isaiah 49:6; Luke 2:10–11; Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 52:10; Luke 3:6
- 31 Isaiah 42:1–4; Isaiah 62:1–2; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 42:10–12; Isaiah 45:21–25
- 32 Isaiah 60:1–3; Isaiah 49:6; Acts 26:23; Acts 13:47–48; Isaiah 42:6–7
- 33 Isaiah 8:18; Luke 1:65–66; Luke 2:48
- 34 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Isaiah 8:14–15; Matthew 21:44; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16
- 35 Deuteronomy 8:2; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Matthew 12:24–35; Luke 16:14–15; Acts 8:21–23
- 36 Psalm 92:14; Exodus 15:20; Genesis 30:13; Judges 4:4; Acts 2:18
- 37 1 Timothy 5:5; Psalm 23:6; Acts 14:23; Psalm 27:4; Acts 13:3
- 38 Luke 2:25; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Luke 1:68; Mark 15:43; Luke 24:21
- 39 Luke 2:4; Galatians 4:4–5; Matthew 3:15; Deuteronomy 12:32; Luke 2:21–24
- 40 Luke 2:52; Luke 1:80; Isaiah 11:1–5; John 1:14; 1 Samuel 2:26
- 41 Numbers 28:16; Leviticus 23:5; Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:1–8; Exodus 12:14
- 43 2 Chronicles 30:21–23; Exodus 12:15; 2 Chronicles 25:17
- 44 Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 122:1–4; Psalm 42:4
- 46 Isaiah 49:1–2; Luke 5:17; Isaiah 50:4; Acts 5:34; Matthew 27:63–64
- 47 Matthew 7:28; Luke 4:32; Psalm 119:99; John 7:15; Luke 4:22
- 48 Luke 2:49; Matthew 12:46; Luke 3:23; Luke 4:22
- 49 John 6:38; John 8:29; Malachi 3:1; Psalm 40:8; John 4:34
- 50 Luke 18:34; Mark 9:32; Luke 9:45
- 51 Luke 2:19; Daniel 7:28; Genesis 37:11; Mark 6:3; Ephesians 5:21
- 52 Luke 2:40; Proverbs 3:3–4; 1 Samuel 2:26; Romans 14:18; Luke 1:80
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Luke 2:14: “good will toward men” or “peace to men of good will”?
The angels’ song differs by a single Greek letter. Most manuscripts, the Patriarchal Text and the Orthodox Doxology read eudokia: “glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Several of the oldest manuscripts read eudokias: “peace among men of his good pleasure,” which the Latin rendered “men of good will.” Both readings place the source of peace in God’s favour.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The production, again, of the Duodecad of the Æons, is indicated by the fact that the Lord was twelve years of age when He disputed with the teachers of the law, and by the election of the apostles, for of these there were twelve.
In Thy good pleasure lies our peace. The body by its own weight gravitates towards its own place.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
See, for instance, what saith the Virgin even to Himself: "Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee." For if this suspicion had been entertained, neither would He any longer have been accounted to be a Son of David, and this opinion not being held, many other evils besides would have arisen.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For we shall not tolerate the heretics who sever the Old Testament from the New, but shall believe Christ, who says concerning the temple, Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's house?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For how are angels to cry "Glory to God in the highest" without being empowered by the Spirit?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)