Darby's translation notes (1890)
Luke 2:38
2:38 Lord, (c-12) Some authorities read 'God.' Lord, (d-12) 'Jehovah,' as chs. 1.38; 3.4
2:38 Lord, (c-12) Some authorities read 'God.' Lord, (d-12) 'Jehovah,' as chs. 1.38; 3.4
LUKE 2:38 VIerousalh,m {A} The reading VIerousalh,m best explains the rise of the other readings: the insertion of evn relieves the grammatical ambiguity, and the substitution of VIsrah,l enhances t...
Verse 38. _COMING IN THAT INSTANT_] αυτη τη ωρα, _at that very_ _time_-while Simeon held the blessed Redeemer in his arms, and was singing his _departing_ and _triumphal_ song. _GAVE THANKS LIKEWISE_...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_ 2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8) 3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21) 4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
ANNA. Simeon has a counterpart in a centenarian widow who spends her whole life in ascetic devotion in the Temple. She adds her prophetic testimony to his, and afterwards speaks of the child to the ci...
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 s...
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
COMING IN. standing by. THAT INSTANT. at the same time (or hour). THANKS. praise. THE LORD. All the texts read "God". LOOKED. waited. REDEMPTION. See notes on Luke 2:24; Luke 24:21.Mark
Anna the Prophetess. The Return to Nazareth 36. _Anna_ The same name as Hannah (1 Samuel 1:20), from the root _Chânan_, -he was gracious." _a prophetess_ like Miriam, Deborah, Huldah (2 Chronicles 3...
_that looked for redemption_ See Luke 24:21; Mark 15:43; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Titus 2:13;...
ANNA THE PROPHETESS. THE RETURN TO NAZARETH...
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, _beg...
VER 36. AND THERE WAS ONE ANNA, A PROPHETESS, THE DAUGHTER OF PHANUEL, OF THE TRIBE OF ASER: SHE WAS OF A GREAT AGE, AND HAD LIVED WITH A HUSBAND SEVEN YEARS FROM HER VIRGINITY; 37. AND SHE WAS A WIDO...
ΈΠΙΣΤΆΣΑ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2186) приближаться, подходить, становиться рядом, ΆΝΘΩΜΟΛΟΓΕΪ́ΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΝΘΟΜΟΛΟΓΈΟΜΑΙ (G437) благодарить. Предложное сочетание с гл. ук...
GAVE THANKS LIKEWISE— The version of 1729 renders it, _she expressed her thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Jesus;_ and it must be acknowledged, that there are in Luke 2:22; Luke 2:27 instances, in whic...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Prophecies (Luke 2:22-38) 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(a...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Presenting the Child to the Lord Scripture_ Luke 2:22-40 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem,...
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. AND SHE COMING IN THAT INSTANT, [ epistasa (G2186)] - rathe...
25 Simeon signifies to _ hear_, and is representative of those in Judah whose ears were open to the law of the Lord and who looked for the fulfillment of the prophetic promises. As the years spoken of...
ALL THEM THAT LOOKED, etc.] see on Luke 2:25....
THE PURIFICATION AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. Women after childbirth were unclean, for a boy forty days, for a girl eighty days. They were then bound to present an offering for Purification, viz. a...
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, exce...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7 V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman *empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gov...
GAVE THANKS. — The word so translated occurs here only in the New Testament, but it is found with this meaning in the LXX. version of Psalms 79:13. THAT LOOKED FOR REDEMPTION IN JERUSALEM. — The bette...
_Anna._ Another aged saint of the O. T. type comes on the stage speaking thankful prophetic words concerning the Holy Child....
The T.R. has yet another αυτη here (the third), before αὐτῇ, which really seems wanted as nominative to the verb following, but which one can imagine scribes omitting to relieve the heaviness and mono...
THE AGED SIMEON'S PROPHETIC BLESSING Luke 2:25-39 Two aged watchers welcomed the King; but no one else, of all the crowds who went and came, guessed that the Messenger of the Covenant had suddenly c...
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS & HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE 21-24. _“And when the eight days for circumcising Him were fulfilled, and He was called Jesus, being called by the angel before he was conceived...
SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40. This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2. His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histori...
Anna presents, in several respects, a contrast to Simeon. The latter came into the temple impelled by the Spirit; Anna lives there. Simeon has no desire but to die; Anna seems to recover the vigour of...
(36) And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (37) And she was a widow...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
38._Made acknowledgment also to God _(206) The holy melody, which proceeded from the lips of Simeon and Anna, is praised by Luke, in order that believers may exhort each other to sing with one mouth t...
In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
AND SHE COMING IN THAT INSTANT,.... That the parents of Christ brought him into the temple; just as Simeon was embracing him in his arms, and blessing God for him, and saying the things concerning him...
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. Ver. 38. _Gave thanks likewise_] _Succinuit Simeoni, _ seconde...
_And there was one Anna, a prophetess_ A person of some note; _she was a widow of about fourscore and four years_ These were the years of her life, and not of her widowhood only; _who departed not fro...
AND SHE, COMING IN THAT INSTANT, GAVE THANKS LIKEWISE UNTO THE LORD, AND SPAKE OF HIM TO ALL THEM THAT LOOKED FOR REDEMPTION IN JERUSALEM....
The prophetess Anna:...
THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the world ...
JERUSALEM: Or, Israel...
36-40 There was much evil then in the church, yet God left not himself without witness. Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended at, the temple. She was always in a praying spirit; gave herself to...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 2:36...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And "Anna"[115] Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna -Simeon, I mean, and Anna, bearing in themselves most evidently the images of both peoples-had taken t...
Luke 2:38 And G2532 in G2186 (G5631) that G846 instant G5610 she G3778 (G5625) G846 thanks G
‘And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and she had been a widow even...
ANNA THE PROPHETESS COMES TO WHERE JESUS IS IN THE TEMPLE AND GIVES THANKS TO GOD AND SPREADS THE NEWS AMONG THE GODLY IN ISRAEL (2:36-40). In the larger chiasmus (see on introduction to Luke 1:1) thi...
The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus: His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
Luke 2:38. AT THAT VERY HOUR, _i.e._, when the meeting with Simeon took place. GAVE THANKS UNTO GOD, according to the better supported reading. She gave praise to the Father for sending the Messiah....
COMING UP (επιστασα). Second aorist active participle. The word often has the notion of coming suddenly or bursting in as of Martha in Luke 10:40. But here it probably means coming up and standing...
REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb._ Although the old...
Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His parents at the Passover. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
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 f...
AND SPOKE ABOUT THE CHILD. She announced to all that he was the promised child. She knew this by inspiration....
_And there was one Anna, a prophetess_ FIRST FEMALE TESTIMONY TO CHRIST 1. Excited by long expectations. 2. Based on personal sight. 3. Given with full candour. 4. Sealed by holy walk. 5. Crown...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv. Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his visit
CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for "all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
Observe here how God joins and couples in Christ the humble with the sublime, the human with the divine, the poison with the antidote, to show that in Him human nature was joined to the Divine Majesty...
_And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord._ In Greek _α̉νθωμολογει̃το_, confessed to God _in her turn_, as though singing in answer to Simeon from the choir set apart for the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 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, t...
EXPOSITION LUKE 2:1 _The Redeemer's birth_. LUKE 2:1 THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a registration_, etc.;...
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 we...
2 Corinthians 9:15; Ephesians 1:3; Luke 1:64; Luke 1:46; Luke 2:25;...
Coming up [ε π ι σ τ α σ α]. See on verse 9. Gave thanks [α ν θ ω μ ο λ ο γ ε ι τ ο]. The verb originally means to make a mutual agreement; and the idea of reciprocity is retained in the expression "t...
THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS _Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was giv...
To all that were waiting for redemption — The sceptre flow appeared to he departing from Judah, though it was not actually gone: Daniel's weeks were plainly near their period. And the revival of the s...