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 he would hardly have been spoken of so slightly as "anthropos," -a person." The Apocryphal Gospels call him "the great teacher" (Jamesxxvi., Nicod.xvi.).

waiting for the consolation of Israel See Genesis 49:18. "They shall not be ashamed that wait for me," Isaiah 49:23. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God," Isaiah 40:1. Joseph of Arimathea is also described as one who "waitedfor the Kingdom of God," Mark 15:43. "May I see the consolation of Israel!" was a common Jewish formula, and a prayer for the Advent of the Messiah was daily used.

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