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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:25-35

Luke 2:25-Habakkuk : . 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. He has been guided by the Spirit, and taking the child in his arms thanks God for the fulfilment of his heart’ s desire. He blesses the astonished parents, and tells the mother that the babe is destined to be a stumbling-block ( Isaiah 8:14, Matthew 21:44) to many in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:25-28

Interpreters have spent much pains in fortifying their conjectures (for they can be no more) that this Simeon was Rabban Simeon, the son of Hillel, the father of Gamaliel, but to what purpose I cannot tell; it can hardly be thought that a man of that note should do such a thing as this so openly, and no more notice be taken of him. That which Calvin, and Brentius, and other Reformed divines do think is much more probable, that he was some ordinary, plain man, of an obscure quality as to his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:21-39

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 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, the others of the household by daily contact. The law of purification is given in Leviticus 12:0. At the conclusion of forty days a lamb was to be offered as a burnt-offering, and a turtle-dove or young pigeon as a sin-offering. In case of poverty two turtle-doves or young pigeons were to be offered... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

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 went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, and unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, who at this point was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

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 for a general taxation according to men’s property. This emperor, after the battle of Actium, became so popular, that the senate invited him to take the reins of government into his hands, which laid, properly speaking, the foundation of the imperial monarchy of Rome. Augustus, as a man of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:25-35

Luke 2:25-35Whose name was SimeonReadiness 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 Gottlieb, a name which has the very beautiful signification, ‘The love of God.’ The old man was well worthy of it, for if ever heart was filled with love to God and to all God’s creatures it was his. Once when walking I came upon him as he was stooping to pick up a fallen apple. ‘Don’t you... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:27

Luke 2:27Brought in the Child JesusDedicating children to the LordWhen the Duke of Kent was dying, he desired that the little princess Victoria should be placed beside him, and then he offered a very affecting prayer that “if ever she became the Queen of England, she might rule in the fear of God.” How many of our noble Queen’s virtues and good deeds have resulted doubtless from her godly training I In my first Circuit I knew the excellent family of the late eminent Rev. Benjamin Field. At his... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:27

27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Ver. 27. And he came by the spirit, &c. ] So still, "the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord," Psalms 37:23 . He sets his Spirit as tutor, to direct and convince us into all truth Simeon, likely, had done as Daniel did, Luke 9:2 , found out by diligent search, that the fulness of time was come, and is therefore thus answered from heaven. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 2:27

by: Luke 4:1, Matthew 4:1, Acts 8:29, Acts 10:19, Acts 11:12, Acts 16:7, Revelation 1:10, Revelation 17:3 the parents: Luke 2:41, Luke 2:48, Luke 2:51 to: Luke 2:22 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:11 - according Haggai 2:7 - and the Matthew 22:43 - General Luke 2:38 - coming Ephesians 3:5 - by read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 2:27

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,By the Spirit — By a particular revelation or impulse from him. read more

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