Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 2:32
And the glory of thy people Israel — For after the Gentiles are enlightened, all Israel shall be saved.
And the glory of thy people Israel — For after the Gentiles are enlightened, all Israel shall be saved.
Verse 32. _A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES_] φως εις αποκαλοψιν εθνων - _A light of the Gentiles, for revelation_. By Moses and the prophets, a _light of revelation_ was given to the Jews, in the ble...
A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES - This is in accordance with the prophecies in the Old Testament, Isaiah 49; Isaiah 9:6; Psalms 98:3; Malach
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)...
A LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ See App-130. Quotedfrom Isaiah 42:6. TO LIGHTEN. for (Greek. _eis,_ as in Luke 2:34). revelation of. Greek. apokalupsis. a revelation by unveiling and manifesting to view. The...
_to lighten the Gentiles_ Rather, FOR REVELATION TO. A memorable prophecy, considering that even the Apostles found it hard to grasp the full admission of the Gentiles, clearly as it had been indicate...
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...
SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
ΕἸΣ� ‘for revelation to.’ A memorable prophecy, considering that even the Apostles found it hard to grasp the full admission of the Gentiles, clearly as it had been indicated in older prophecy, e.g. i...
VER 28. - AND BLESSED GOD, AND SAID, 29. LORD, NOW LET YOU YOUR SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD: 30. FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION, 31. WHICH YOU HAVE PREPARED BEFORE THE FACE...
ΦΩΣ (G5457) свет. Прилагается к спасению, определяя его природу (HLIN, 148)....
DISCOURSE: 1477 TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:28. _Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy wor...
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN, &C.— Simeon, being well acquainted with the prophetic writings, knew from them that the Messiah was to be the Author of a great salvation, which, because it was planned by God, th...
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,...
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES (THEN IN THICK DARKNESS), AND THE GLORY OF THY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL - already Thine, and now, in the...
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...
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...
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...
A LIGHT, etc.] RV 'A light for revelation to the Gentiles,' i.e. the Messiah is the Light of the Gentiles, sent by God to reveal His truth to the heathen world. He is also the glory of the chosen peop...
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...
TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES. — Literally, _for a revelation to the Gentiles._ The idea is strictly that of the withdrawal of the “veil spread over all nations” of Isaiah 25:7. THE GLORY OF THY PEOPLE ISRA...
φῶς εἰς ἀ. ἐ.: the Gentiles are to be more than spectators, even sharers in the salvation, which is represented under the twofold aspect of a light and a glory. φῶς and δόξαν may be taken in appositio...
_Nunc dimittis_....
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...
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...
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...
“ _Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word:_ 30 _For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation_, 31 _Which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people;_ 32 _A light to l...
(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...
_WALKING IN THE LIGHT_ ‘A Light to lighten the Gentiles.’ Luke 2:32 God’s people, in the days of the old dispensation, lived and moved in dim twilight. We have GOD’s blessed sunshine flooding us wi...
32._A light for the revelation of the Gentiles _Simeon now points out the purpose for which Christ was to be exhibited by the Father before all nations. It was that he might _enlighten the Gentiles, _...
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...
A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES,.... Or for the revelation of the Gentiles; to reveal the love, grace, and mercy of God, an everlasting righteousness, and the way of life and salvation to them. Refere...
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Ver. 32. _The glory of thy people Israel_] Oh! pity their perverseness, and pray their conversion, that the Jews may call God Abba...
_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...
The coming of Simeon:...
A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES AND THE GLORY OF THY PEOPLE ISRAEL. The incident here told by Luke is so important that he introduces it with "Behold!" It brought a further testimony for the Christ ch...
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...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV of their own cleansing in Christ their light,[248] Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna hope which he had conceived of Christ, extending the limits of life...
Luke 2:32 light G5457 to G1519 revelation G602 Gentiles G1484 And G2532 glory G1391 Your G4675 people G2992 Israel...
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...
“Now let your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace, For my eyes have seen your salvation, Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples, A light for revelation to the Ge...
Luke 2:32. A LIGHT. This defines ‘salvation.' FOR REVELATION TO THE GENTILES. Comp. Isaiah 49:6; where there is a similar prophecy. The idea is that of Old Testament prophecy: The light of the world...
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...
REVELATION TO THE GENTILES (αποκαλυψιν εθνων). Objective genitive. The Messiah is to be light (φως) for the Gentiles in darkness (Luke 1:70) and glory (δοξα) for Israel (cf. Romans 9:1-5; Isaiah 49:...
Luke 2:32 The song of Simeon was very beautiful in its arrangement. First the believer's personal appropriation of a promise, "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word...
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....
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...
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...
A LIGHT TO REVEAL YOUR WAY. Simeon announces that God's plans include the Gentiles. James later quotes the prophet Amos _in_ Acts 15:15-18. See also Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 49:6....
_A light to lighten the Gentiles_ THE LIGHT OF THE GENTILES I. EXPLAIN THE IMPORT OF THE TEXT. 1. The character of Jesus is exhibited under the image of light--the most glorious of all the creature...
_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...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:30 ALL PEOPLES. Both Israel and the Gentiles. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
_A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel_. Thou hast given Christ the Saviour that He may be a light for the enlightenment of the Gentiles, enlightening with His faith and...
_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 1:31; Acts 13:47; Acts 13:48; Acts 28:28; Isaiah 4:2;...
A light [φ ω ς]. The light itself as distinguished from lucnov, a lamp, which the A. V. often unfortunately renders light. See on Mark 14:54. To lighten [ε ι ς α π ο κ α λ υ ψ ι ν]. Wrong. Rev., corre...
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...