Luke 2:32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:32

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: for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation;" next the expansion of a Christian's Catholic spirit, "A Light to lighten the Gentiles," and then the holy patriotism of a Jewish heart, "and the glory of Thy people Israel." I. The question will naturally arise, What is the distinction, if any, between... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 2:28-32

DISCOURSE: 1477TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLELuke 2:28-32. 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 word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.WHILST we are noticing, as they arise, the various steps of our Saviour’s humiliation, we shall have repeated occasions to observe,... 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 2:32

Luke 2:32A light to lighten the GentilesThe light of the GentilesI.EXPLAIN THE IMPORT OF THE TEXT. 1. The character of Jesus is exhibited under the image of light--the most glorious of all the creatures of God. (1) Among the properties of light are penetration and universality. Light would have been an inappropriate image, in reference to Christ, had He not intended to illuminate the world. Not to a district, not to an empire, not to one quarter of the globe, does that glorious... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:32

32 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, the Gentiles Father,Daniel 12:11; Daniel 12:11 . There is a prophecy of the Jews’ final restoration (saith Mr Case, God’s waiting to be gracious), and the time is expressed, which is 1290 years after the ceasing of the daily sacrifice, and the setting up of the abomination of desolation; which... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 2:32

light: Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 60:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 60:19, Matthew 4:16, Acts 13:47, Acts 13:48, Acts 28:28, Romans 15:8, Romans 15:9 and: Psalms 85:9, Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 60:19, Jeremiah 2:11, Zechariah 2:5, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Revelation 21:23 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:21 - thy praise Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice 1 Kings 15:4 - give him Psalms 3:3 - my Psalms 13:3 - lighten Psalms 148:14 - the praise Isaiah 11:10 - to it shall Isaiah 14:1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 2:32

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.And the glory of thy people Israel — For after the Gentiles are enlightened, all Israel shall be saved. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:22-38

§ 12. JESUS PRESENTED IN THE TEMPLE, Luke 2:22-38 . The presentation in the temple must have preceded the arrival of the Magi; as after their presence Jesus would have not have been safe from Herod’s hands. Jesus underwent circumcision as he underwent death; not because of his own sin, but because he stood as representative of sinners and as a bearer of the sins of others. Called Jesus See note on Matthew 1:21. read more