Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest,.... Which with the following words, are not to be considered as a wish, that so it might be, but as an affirmation, that so it was; for the glory of God is great in the…

Glory to God - Praise be to God, or honor be to God. That is, the praise of redeeming man is due to God. The plan of redemption will bring glory to God, and is designed to express his glory. This it…

Glory to God in the highest - The design of God, in the incarnation, was to manifest the hidden glories of his nature, and to reconcile men to each other and to himself. The angels therefore declare…

The meanest circumstances of Christ's humiliation were all along attended with some discoveries of his glory, to balance them, and take off the offence of them; for even when he humbled himself God…

in the highest i. e., in highest heaven, Job 16:19; Psa 148:1; comp. "the heavenlies" in Eph 1:3, &c.; Sir 43:9.

on earth peace

"No war or battle's sound

Was heard the world around;

The idle spear…