Luke 2: normal people

Excluding the visit of the Magi mentioned in Matthew and we're left with
everyday people making contact with baby Jesus. I think this omission
reinforces the humble beginnings of the birth of Jesus and that the
grandeur of a king is not based on wealth or extravagance, but instead on
spiritual matters. phil out

Luke 1: the beginning

I wasn't sure what new information I might uncover on this reading once
through. the phrase "rising sun" in verse 78 stood as I found something
unique about this phrase. I don't recall Jesus ever being referred to as
the rising sun. A search through the NIV using biblegateway.org does not
reveal any other instances of this phrase. The NASB version uses the proper
noun Sunrise. Using biblegateway again reveals no other instance of
sunrise to refer to Jesus.

I think of one parallel-- the rising sun marks the beginning of the day.

The Bible contains many phrases, such as "light of the world" that describe
Jesus. Now we have "rising sun" as another Biblical phrase that describes
Jesus. phil out