Luke 2:38

Ἱερουσαλήμ אB. ἐν Ἱερ. AD.

38. καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐπιστᾶσα. And at that very hour (not ‘instant’ as in A. V[66]) she, suddenly coming in.

[66] A. V. Authorised Version.

ἀνθωμολογεῖτο, began in turn to give thanks. The ἀντὶ might seem to point to a sort of antiphony between Anna and Simeon, but the compound verb is used in the LX[67] in the simple sense. It does not occur elsewhere in the N.T.

[67] LXX Septuagint.

προσδεχομένοις λύτρωσιν. See Luke 2:25; Luke 24:21; Mark 15:43; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:28. See Excursus VII.

Ἱερουσαλήμ. The readings vary. Perhaps the rendering should be ‘waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.’