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Verse 26. _IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM_] He was _divinely informed_,
κεχρηματισμενον - he had an _express communication_
from God concerning the subject. The secret of the Lord is with them
that fear him...
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AND IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM - In what way this was done we are not
informed. Sometimes a revelation was made by a dream, at others by a
voice, and at others by silent suggestion. All we know of this...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_
2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8)
3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21)
4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
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SIMEON. As the family enters the Temple they are met by Simeon, an
aged man whose devout life and expectation of Messiah had been
rewarded by a Divine intimation that he should live to see the Christ....
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Now--look you--there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon. This man
was good and pious. He was waiting for the comforting of Israel and
the Holy Spirit was upon him. He had received a message from the...
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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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IT WAS REVEALED. Greek. _chrematizo._ Occurs nine times; seven times
of. Divine communication; here, Matthew 2:12; Matthew 2:22.Acts 10:22;
Acts 11:26;
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_it was revealed unto him_ Christian legend says that he had stumbled
at Isaiah 7:14, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive," and had received a
divine intimation that he should not die till he had seen it...
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Simeon and the Nunc Dimittis
25. _a man … whose name was Simeon_ This cannot be Rabban Shimeon
the son of Hillel (whom the Talmud is on this account supposed to pass
over almost unnoticed), because h...
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SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
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ἮΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΕΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΈΝΟΝ. For the use of
this word to imply a divine communication see Acts 10:22; Matthew
2:12. χρηματισμὸς an _oracle_ Romans 11:4. Christian
legend says that he had stumbled at...
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VER 25. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN IN JERUSALEM, WHOSE NAME WAS
SIMEON; AND THE SAME MAN WAS JUST AND DEVOUT, WAITING FOR THE
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL: AND THE HOLY GHOST WAS UPON HIM. 26. AND IT WAS
R...
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ΚΕΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. от_
ΧΡΗΜΑΤΊΖΩ (G5537) давать откровение,
учить, предупреждать. В папирусах это
слово означает как заключение
делового соглашения, так и
божественное откровение (MM)....
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Presenting the Child to the Lord
Scripture_
Luke 2:22-40 And when the days of their purification according to the
law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem,...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Prophecies (Luke 2:22-38)
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law
of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23(a...
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25 Simeon signifies to _ hear_, and is representative of those in
Judah whose ears were open to the law of the Lord and who looked for
the fulfillment of the prophetic promises. As the years spoken of...
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2:26 Lord's (a-23) 'Jehovah.' by (f-8) _ Hupo_ . see Matthew 2:5 ....
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THE PURIFICATION AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. Women after
childbirth were unclean, for a boy forty days, for a girl eighty days.
They were then bound to present an offering for Purification, viz. a...
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THE LORD'S CHRIST] the same as 'the Christ of God' (Luke 9:20), i.e.
'Him whom God has sent as the Messiah.'
29-32. This beautiful hymn (usually called the 'Nunc Dimittis'), which
has been used in the...
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BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS
1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in
connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1)
There is no direct evidence, exce...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 2
THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7
V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman
*empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gov...
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IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM. — The Greek word is the same as that
rendered “warned” in Matthew 2:12. It implies a divine oracular
communication, but rests on a different idea from the “unveiling,”
which...
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_Simeon_. Συμεών, introduced as a stranger (ἄνθρωπος
ἦν). The legendary spirit which loves definite particulars about
celebrities of Scripture has tried to fill up the blank. The father of
Gamaliel th...
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ἦν κεχρηματισμένον, it had been revealed (for the
verb _vide_ Matthew 2:12), how long before not indicated. μὴ
ἰδεῖν : we have here an instance of the aorist infinitive
referring to what is future in...
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THE AGED SIMEON'S PROPHETIC BLESSING
Luke 2:25-39
Two aged watchers welcomed the King; but no one else, of all the
crowds who went and came, guessed that the Messenger of the Covenant
had suddenly c...
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Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover,
by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless
crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
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_And he had received an answer,... that he should not see death; i.e.
die. (Witham)_...
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CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS & HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
21-24. _“And when the eight days for circumcising Him were
fulfilled, and He was called Jesus, being called by the angel before
he was conceived...
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From the twenty-fifth verse Simeon becomes the centre of the picture:
Luke 2:25-28 relate his coming in; Luke 2:29-32, his song; Luke
2:33-35, his address to the parents.
VERS. 25-28. In times of spir...
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SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40.
This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2.
His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histori...
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(25) And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon:
and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of
Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. (26) And it was reve...
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The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of
either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious
reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
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In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of
God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of
the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
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AND IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM BY THE HOLY GHOST,.... Not in a dream, as
the wise men were warned, nor by an angel, as Joseph, nor by a voice
from heaven, which the Jews call "Bath Kol", but by the insp...
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And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Ver. 26. _It was revealed unto him_] By an immediate oracle,
κεχρηματισμενον. The i...
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_Behold there was a man_, &c. There was now in Jerusalem one Simeon,
venerable on account of his age, piety, and virtue. For, _he was just
and devout_ Righteous toward his fellow-creatures, and holy t...
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AND IT WAS REVEALED UNTO HIM BY THE HOLY GHOST THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE
DEATH BEFORE HE HAD SEEN THE. LORD'S CHRIST....
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The coming of Simeon:...
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THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS
(vs.1-7)
God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events
of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus
decreed that all the world ...
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25-35 The same Spirit that provided for the support of Simeon's hope,
provided for his joy. Those who would see Christ must go to his
temple. Here is a confession of his faith, that this Child in his...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 2:25...
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Luke 2:26 And G2532 been G2258 (G5713) revealed G5537 (G5772) him G846
by G5259 Holy G40 Spirit...
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‘And it had been revealed (communicated) to him by the Holy Spirit,
that he would not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.'
And during the course of his spiritual life it had been reveal...
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JESUS IS CIRCUMCISED AND PRESENTED AT THE TEMPLE AND IS BLESSED BY
SIMON WHO PROPHESIES OVER HIM (2:21-35).
The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child
birth was necessary d...
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The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus:
His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of
the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
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Luke 2:26. SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH. Comp. Psalms 89:48; John 8:51;
Hebrews 11:5; also the phrase ‘taste death' ...
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IT HAD BEEN REVEALED UNTO HIM
(ην αυτω κεχρηματισμενον). Periphrastic past
perfect passive indicative. Common Greek verb. First to transact
business from χρημα and that from χραομα, to use, make use...
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Luke 2:26
I. This revelation was made to an old man who had waited on God
continually in the Temple service, cherishing in his secret heart the
promise given to the first fathers of his race, renewed...
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Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
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Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising
of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the
angel before he was conceived in the womb._
Although the old...
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CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration
and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His
parents at the Passover.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
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Luke 2:1. _It came to pass in those days,_ when John was born, and
when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in
the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued f...
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AND HE HAD BEEN ASSURED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. The Holy Spirit had
promised Simeon that he would live to see the Messiah in person....
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_Whose name was Simeon_
READINESS FOR GOD’S WILL
“Some years ago,” says a lady, “I made the acquaintance of an
old peasant in a little German village, where I for some time resided.
He was called Go...
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_And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost_
THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT
Observe that Simeon found Christ in the temple, being conducted
thither by the Holy Ghost.
There was an ancient promise, “T...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:25 Nothing else is known about SIMEON.
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL is the hope that God would come to rescue and
comfort his people (see...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv.
Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his
visit
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CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John
the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for
"all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
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Observe here how God joins and couples in Christ the humble with the
sublime, the human with the divine, the poison with the antidote, to
show that in Him human nature was joined to the Divine Majesty...
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_And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not
see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ._ " _It was revealed_
" by a divine oracle and promise the Greek expression is
_χζημ...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 2:21. THE CHILD.—The best MSS. read “Him.”
Luke 2:22. HER PURIFICATION.—The true reading is, “_their_
purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by
child-birth, t...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 2:1
_The Redeemer's birth_.
LUKE 2:1
THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD
SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a
registration_, etc.;...
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Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing
was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all we...
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Acts 10:38; Acts 17:3; Acts 2:36; Acts 9:20; Amos 3:7;...
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It was revealed [η ν κ ε χ ρ η μ α τ ι σ μ ε ν ο ν].
Lit., it was having been revealed; i e., it stood revealed, while he
waited for the fulfilment of the revelation. The verb means primarily
to have...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...