Luke 2:25-38 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 2:25-40

Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we may not be offended at his being presented in the temple, like other children born in sin, and without any manner of solemnity peculiar to him, but silently, and in the crowd of other children, Simeon and Anna now do him honour, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. I. A very honourable testimony is... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:25-35

2:25-35 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 Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord's Anointed One. So he came in the Spirit to the Temple precincts. When his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do regarding him the customary ceremonies laid down by the law, he took him into his arms and blessed God... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:36-40

2:36-40 There was a prophetess called Anna. She was the daughter of Phanuel and she belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was far advanced in years. She had lived with her husband ever since seven years after she came to womanhood; and now she was a widow of eighty-four years of age. She never left the Temple and day and night she worshipped with fastings and with prayers. At that very time she came up and she began to give thanks to God and she kept speaking about him to all those who were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:25

And behold there was a man in Jerusalem ,.... Not in Nazareth, or Bethlehem, but in Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation: one that lived there, was an inhabitant of that city, and a person of fame and note. So Joseph ben Jochanan is called F26 Pirke Abot. sect 4. 5. איש ירושלם a man of Jerusalem, an inhabitant of that place: whose name was Simeon ; not Simeon, הצדיק "the just", the last of the men of the great synagogue, of whom the Jews often make mention F1 Pirke... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:26

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost ,.... Not in a dream, as the wise men were warned, nor by an angel, as Joseph, nor by a voice from heaven, which the Jews call "Bath Kol", but by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, enlightening his understanding, and impressing on his mind: that he should not see death; an Hebraism, see it in Psalm 89:48 the same with the phrase, "to taste death", elsewhere used; and the sense is, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "that he should not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:27

And he came by the Spirit into the temple ,.... By the same Spirit of God, that revealed the above to him. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the Spirit brought him into the temple": but Simeon was not brought thither, as this version seems to suggest, in such manner as Ezekiel was brought by the Spirit to Jerusalem. Ezekiel 8:3 or as Christ was brought by Satan to the holy city and set upon the pinnacle of the temple; but the Spirit of God, who knows and searches all things, even the deep... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:28

Then took he him up in his arms ,.... That same Spirit that had revealed unto him that he should not die till he saw the Messiah with his bodily eyes; and who by a secret impulse had moved him to go to the temple just at this time made known unto him that that child which Joseph and Mary then brought into the temple to present to the Lord, was the Messiah; wherefore, in a rapture of joy, he took him out of their arms into his own, embracing him with all affection and respect imaginable:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant ,.... He acknowledges him as his Lord, and to have a despotic power over him with respect to life and death; and himself as his servant, which he was, both by creation and grace: and though it expresses humiliation, and a sense of distance and unworthiness, yet to be a servant of the most high God, is a very high and honourable character: what he requests of the Lord is that he might depart in peace ; signifying his hearty desire to die, and with what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:30

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation ,.... The Messiah, who is often so called; see Genesis 49:18 . He goes by the name of "salvation", because the salvation of God's elect is put into his hands, and he has undertook it; and because he is the author of it, he has fulfilled his engagements, and has accomplished what he promised to do; and because salvation is in him, it is to be had in him; and in him the true Israel of God are saved, with an everlasting salvation: and he is called "God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:31

Which thou hast prepared ,.... In his eternal purposes and decrees, having chosen and foreordained Christ, and appointed him to be his salvation, to the ends of the earth; in his counsel and covenant of grace wherein it was agreed, determined, and concluded on, that he should be the Saviour of his people; and in the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament, and in all the types, shadows, and sacrifices, of that dispensation; in which he was exhibited, and held forth as the Saviour to the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 2:25-40

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:25-35

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:36-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:31

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