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Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary, His mother, Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against,
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary, His mother, Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against,
Verse 34. _THIS_ CHILD _IS SET FOR THE FALL_] This seems an allusion to Isaiah 8:14: _Jehovah, God of hosts, shall be-for a stone of stumbling and_ _rock of offence to both houses of Israel; and many...
SIMEON BLESSED THEM - Joseph and Mary. On them he sought the blessing of God. IS SET - Is appointed or constituted for that, or such will be the effect of his coming. THE FALL - The word “fall” here...
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 ...
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....
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...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
SET. destined. FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 2:10; Luke 2:11; Luke 2:20; Luke 10:27;...
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...
_is set_ Literally, "_lies_." The metaphor is taken from a stone which may either become -a stone of stumbling" and -a rock of offence" (Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:32-33; 1 Corinthians 1:23), or -a preciou...
SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
ΚΕΙ͂ΤΑΙ. Compare Philippians 1:17. Literally, “_lies_.” The metaphor is taken from a stone which may either become ‘a stone of stumbling’ and ‘a rock of offence’ (Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:32-33;...
VER 33. AND JOSEPH AND HIS MOTHER MARVELED AT THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE SPOKEN OF HIM. 34. AND SIMEON BLESSED THEM, AND SAID TO MARY HIS MOTHER, BEHOLD, THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN O...
ΚΕΊΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. от_ ΑΡΧ. def. гл. ΚΕΪΜΑΙ (G2749), здесь используется как _pass. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ, помещать, назначать, быть предназначенным (RWP; ΒΟΝΟΗ). ΠΤΏΣΙΣ (G4431) упадок, падение, обозначает...
DISCOURSE: 1478 THE ENDS AND EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S EXHIBITION TO THE WOULD Luke 2:34. _Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken ag...
BEHOLD, THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL, &C.— In this prediction Simeon was directed to use a metaphor, corresponding to that found in Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 28:16 which passages St. Paul has joined in on...
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...
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,...
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; AND SIMEON BLESSED T...
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...
BEHOLD THIS CHILD, etc.] This child will divide Israel into two opposite camps. Some will reject His claims. To such He will be 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence' (Isaiah 8:14), i.e. the occ...
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...
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...
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...
THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN. — The words start from the thought of Isaiah 8:14. The Christ is seen by Simeon as the stone on which some fall and are bruised (Luke 20:18), while oth...
εὐλόγησεν : “the less is blessed of the better”. Age, however humble, may bless youth. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. κεῖται, is appointed εἰς πτῶσιν, etc.: generally, this child will influence His time in a...
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...
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...
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is (q) set for the (r) fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a (s) sign which shall be spoken against; (q) Is a...
Is set for the ruin. Christ came for the redemption and salvation of all men: but Simeon prophesies what would happen in consequence of the wilful blindness and obstinacy of many. (Witham) --- Not tha...
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...
A carnal satisfaction, full of delusive hopes might easily have taken possession of the hearts of these parents, especially of the mother's, on hearing such words as these. But Simeon infuses into his...
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...
(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...
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...
_FALLING OR RISING_ ‘This child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel.’ Luke 2:34 The expression is somewhat figurative. It suggests a stone or step in a man’s pathway, which becom...
34._And Simeon blessed them _If you confine this to Joseph and Mary, there will be no difficulty. But, as Luke appears to include Christ at the same time, it might be asked, What right had Simeon to t...
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...
AND SIMEON BLESSED THEM,.... Pronounced them blessed persons, on account of their relation to Christ as man; and more especially, because of their interest in him, as the, Saviour and Redeemer of them...
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this _child_ is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; Ver. 34. _For the fa...
_And Simeon blessed them_ Namely, Joseph and Mary. He pronounced them blessed who had the honour to be related to this child, and were intrusted with the bringing him up. He prayed for them, that God...
FALL; ruin by rejecting Christ. RISING AGAIN; salvation by believing in him. A SIGN; an object of peculiar derision. Isaiah 53:3; ACTS 28:22....
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 ...
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...
OLBGrk; Ver. 34,35. SIMEON BLESSED THEM: some may question how it was that Simeon blessed Christ, whereas the apostle tells us, _The less is blessed of the better,_ HEBREWS 7:7. But we must distingui...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V This stumbling-stone Marcion retains still.[224] Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign that shal...
Luke 2:34 Then G2532 Simeon G4826 blessed G2127 (G5656) them G846 and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) to...
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...
‘And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him, and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother,' “Behold, this child is set for the falling and th...
Luke 2:34. BLESSED THEM. The ordinary benediction of a pious old man. UNTO MARY HIS MOTHER. This indicates that Simeon knew (by revelation we infer) something of her peculiar relation to the child....
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...
IS SET FOR THE FALLING AND THE RISING UP OF MANY IN ISRAEL (Κειτα εις πτωσιν κα αναστασιν πολλων εν τω Ισραηλ). Present indicative of the old defective verb appearing only in present and imperfect i...
Luke 2:34 I. That is the claim which Christ has upon us; that He _knows_us. As it is said, "He knew what was in man," and He does not merely know our faces, our forms, but our true selves. You know no...
Luke 2:34 The Dual Aspect of Christ's Advent. The words of Simeon in the text seem to be intended to check natural but undue expectations about the effect of the first coming of Christ. The Child of...
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...
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....
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...
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...
FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND SALVATION OF MANY. Christ destroyed the hopes of those who looked for a political Messiah. Unbelievers would "fall on him" and be broken to pieces (_see notes on_ Matthew 21:42...
_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...
_Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many_ SIMEON’S PREDICTION This prediction has a very gloomy aspect, and speaks with a tone of sad foreboding in strange contrast to the ri...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:34 FALL refers to judgment; RISING refers to salvation. A SIGN THAT IS OPPOSED foretells future opposition to Jesus. SWORD refers t
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
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...
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...
_And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against._ The form for the sace...
_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...
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.;...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15;...
Them. The parents; the child being separately and specially designated. Is set [κ ε ι τ α ι]. The verb means primarily to be laid, and so to lie : hence to be set forth or promulgated, as the law is...
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...
Simeon blessed them — Joseph and Mary. This child is set for the fall and rising again of many — That is, he will be a savour of death to some, to unbelievers: a savour of life to others, to believers...
Two things are here observed, Simeon's blessing, and Simeon's prediction; HE BLESSED THEM: that is, the parents and the child Jesus: not authoritatively, but prophetically, declaring how God would ble...