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Luk 2:11. Ὑμῖν, unto you) the shepherds, unto Israel, and unto all mankind.-Χρισὸς, Christ) Luk 2:26. All ought to have retained in their memory so clear a communication [revelation], whilst the Lord was growing up to maturity. The name Jesus is not added, inasmuch as it afterwards was given Him at His circumcision, Luk 2:21 : but the force of that name is represented [is vividly expressed] in the term, Saviour. And so also in the Old Testament it is often virtually expressed under the term, Salvation.-Κύριος, the Lord) An argument for joy. An exalted appellation. [Mat 2:6.]-ἐν πόλει, in the city) Construe with is born. By this word the place is pointed out, as by the expression, this day, the time is indicated.-Δαυὶδ, David) This periphrasis refers the shepherds to the prophecy, which was then being fulfilled.