Luke Chapter 2 verse 14 Holy Bible

Luke 2 : 14 Bible Verse Songs

• Angels We Have Heard On High by Danny Gokey
• Adoration by Life Center Worship
• Glory (Let There Be Peace): by Matt Maher
• Glory in The Highest by Meredith Andrews
• What A Glorious Night by Sidewalk Prophets
• Receive Our King by Meredith Andrews
• Glory To God by Sinach
• Angels We Have Heard On High by Sarah Reeves
• You’re Gonna Get The Glory by Tasha Cobbs
• Today Is The Saviour’s Day by Rend Collective
• Angels We Have Heard (Glory Be) by Jordan Smith
• Peace On Earth by Austin French
• Glory, Glory by Acapeldridge
• Heaven Is Here by The McClures
• Hark The Herald Angels Sing by Phil Wickham
• What Child Is This by Phil Wickham
• Hosanna by Steve Crown
• PROPHETIC CHANT (AYAYAYA) by Emmanuel Iren
• Glory in The Highest by Gaither Vocal Band
• Let There Be Peace on Earth by Gaither Vocal Band
• Glory Be by Chris Tomlin
• The Highest by Elevation Worship
• The Highest by Elevation Worship

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - On earth peace. At that juncture, strange to say, the Roman empire was at peace with all the world, and, as was ever the case in these brief rare moments of profound peace, the gates of the temple of Janus at Rome were closed, there being, as they supposed, no need for the presence of the god to guide and lead their conquering armies. Not a few have supposed that the angel choir in these words hymned this earthly peace. So Milton in his 'Ode to the Nativity' - "No war or battle's soundWas heard the world aroundThe idle spear and shield were high uphung:The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood,The trumpet spake not to the armed throng;And kings sat still with awful eyeAs if they surely knew their souvran Lord was by." But the angels sang of something more real and enduring than this temporary lull. The gates of Janus were only too quickly thrown open again. Some seventy years later, within sight of the spot where the shepherds beheld the multitude of the heavenly host, the awful conflagration which accompanied the sack of the holy city and temple could have been plainly seen, and the shrieks and cries of the countless victims of the closing scenes of one of the most terrible wars which disfigure the red pages of history could almost have been heard. Good will toward men. A bare majority of the old authorities read here, "On earth peace among men of good will;" in other words, among men who are the objects of God's good will and kindness. But the Greek text, from which our Authorized Version; was made, has the support of so many of the older manuscripts and ancient versions, that it is among scholars an open question whether or not the text followed in the Authorized Version should not in this place be adhered to.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Glory to God in the highest.--The words would seem to have formed one of the familiar doxologies of the Jews, and, as such, reappear among the shouts of the multitude on the occasion of our Lord's kingly entry into Jerusalem (Luke 19:38). The idea implied in the words "in the highest" (the Greek is plural), is that the praise is heard in the very heaven of heavens, in the highest regions of the universe.On earth peace, good will toward men.--The better MSS. give, "on earth peace among men of good will"--i.e., among men who are the objects of the good will, the approval and love of God. The other construction, "Peace to men of peace," which the Christian Year has made familiar, is hardly consistent with the general usage of the New Testament as to the word rendered "good will." The construction is the same as in "His dear Son," literally, the Son of His Love, in Colossians 1:13. The word is one which both our Lord (Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21) and St. Paul use of the divine will in its aspect of benevolence, and the corresponding verb appears, as uttered by the divine voice, at the Baptism and Transfiguration (Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5). The words stand in the Greek, as in the English, without a verb, and may therefore be understood either as a proclamation or a prayer. The "peace on earth" has not unfrequently been connected, as in Milton's Ode on the Nativity, with the fact that the Roman empire was then at peace, and the gates of the Temple of Janus closed because there was no need for the power of the god to go forth in defence of its armies. It is obvious, however, that the "peace" of the angels' hymn is something far higher than any "such as the world giveth"--peace between man and God, and therefore peace within the souls of all who are thus reconciled. We may see a reference to the thought, possibly even to the words of the angelic song, in St. Paul's way of speaking of Christ as being Himself "our peace (Ephesians 2:14). . . .