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For = That: meaning "born to-day"; not "I announce to-day". See note on Luk_23:43.
is born = was born, or brought forth.
a Saviour. Not a helper: for a
Saviour is for the lost.
Christ the Lord = Hebrew. Mashiah Jehovah, i.e. Jehovah's Anointed. 1Sa_24:6. App-98.
the Lord. App-98. B. a. The Lord of all power and might. Therefore able to save. Compare Rom_14:9. 1Co_8:6; 1Co_12:3. 2Co_4:5. Php_1:2, Php_1:11. These three words define and contain the "Gospel" as being good news as to a Person; and as being Christianity as distinct from Religion, which consists of Articles, Creeds, Doctrines, and Confessions; i.e. all that is outward. Compare Php_1:3, Php_1:4-7, Php_1:9, Php_1:10, Php_1:20, Php_1:21. Note that in the Greek the words, "in the city of David", come last. Hence the z and z correspond in the Structure. p. 1436. d