Luke 2:11

“For unto you is born this day, etc.] Day is here put for a natural day, consisting both of night and day; for it was night when Christ was born, and the angels brought the tidings of it to the shepherds. The particular day, and it may be, month and year, in which Christ was born, cannot be certainly known; but this we may be sure of, it was in the fulness of time, and at the exact, season fixed upon between God and Christ in the council and covenant of peace; and that he was born, not unto, or for the good of angels; for the good angels stand in no need of his incarnation, sufferings, and death, having never fell; and as for the evil angels, a Saviour was never designed and provided for…”

“unto you is born--you shepherds, Israel, mankind [BENGEL]. Compare Isa 9:6, "Unto us a Child is born." It is a birth--"The Word is made flesh" (Joh 1:14). When? "This day." Where? "In the city of David"--in the right line and at the right "spot"; where prophecy bade us look for Him, and faith accordingly expected Him. How dear to us should be these historic moorings of our faith! With the loss of them, all substantial Christianity is lost. By means of them how many have been kept from making shipwreck, and attained to a certain external admiration of Him, ere yet they have fully "beheld His glory." a Saviour--not One who shall be a Saviour, but "born a Saviour." Christ the Lord--"magnificent…”

“To you - Shepherds; Israel; mankind. Luke 2:14”

“2:11 The Messiah (Greek Christos, a translation of Hebrew mashiakh) means “Anointed One” and refers to the coming savior from David’s line (see study note on 1:32-33). As the Good News moved from a Jewish context to the Gentile world, Christians began to use Christos less as a title and more as a name.”

“unto: Luk 1:69; Isa 9:6; Mat 1:21; Gal 4:4, Gal 4:5; Ti2 1:9, Ti2 1:10; Tit 2:10-14, Tit 3:4-7; Jo1 4:14 in: Luk 2:4; Mat 1:21 which: Luk 2:26, Luk 1:43, Luk 20:41, Luk 20:42; Gen 3:15, Gen 49:10; Psa 2:2; Dan 9:24-26; Mat 1:16, Mat 16:16; Joh 1:41, Joh 1:45, Joh 6:69, Joh 7:25-27, Joh 7:41, Joh 20:31; Act 2:36, Act 17:3; Jo1 5:1 the Lord: Luk 1:43, Luk 20:42-44; Act 10:36; Co1 15:47; Phi 2:11, Phi 3:8; Col 2:6 Luke 2:12”