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Verse 30. _THY SALVATION_] That _Saviour_ which it became the goodness
of God to bestow upon man, and which the necessities of the human race
required. Christ is called our _salvation_, as he is calle...
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THY SALVATION - Him who is to procure salvation for his people; or,
the Saviour....
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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 ...
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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....
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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...
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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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THY SALVATION. Greek. to _soterion_ (not the usual _soteria)._ Used of
Jehovah Himself (not merely of salvation as such). See Isaiah 62:11.
Compare Luke 3:6....
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Simeon and the Nunc Dimittis
25. _a man … whose name was Simeon_ This cannot be Rabban Shimeon
the son of Hillel (whom the Talmud is on this account supposed to pass
over almost unnoticed), because h...
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_thy salvation_ Not τὴν σωτηρίαν but τὸ
σωτήριον which seems to have a wider meaning....
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SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
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ΤῸ ΣΩΤΉΡΙΟΝ. This seems to have a wider meaning than
τὴν σωτηρίαν....
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VER 28. - AND BLESSED GOD, AND SAID, 29. LORD, NOW LET YOU YOUR
SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD: 30. FOR MINE EYES
HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION, 31. WHICH YOU HAVE PREPARED BEFORE THE FACE...
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ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 2:20....
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DISCOURSE: 1477
TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
Luke 2:28. _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 wor...
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MINE EYES HAVE SEEN, &C.— Simeon, being well acquainted with the
prophetic writings, knew from them that the Messiah was to be the
Author of a great salvation, which, because it was planned by God,
th...
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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...
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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,...
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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION. How many saw this Child, nay
the full-grown "Man, Christ Jesus," who never saw in Him "God's
Salvation!" This estimate...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THY SALVATION] is practically personal, meaning the Messiah....
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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...
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MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION. — The Greek word is not the usual
feminine noun expressing the abstract idea of salvation, but the
neuter of the adjective — that which brings or works out salvation...
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_Nunc dimittis_....
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gives the reason for this tranquil attitude towards death. τὸ
σωτήριον = τὴν σωτηρίαν, often in Sept [29] [29]
Septuagint....
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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...
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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...
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For (n) mine eyes have seen thy (o) salvation,
(n) That is, for I have seen with my very eyes: for he saw before in
mind, as it is said of Abraham, "He saw my day and rejoiced."
(o) That in which yo...
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_Thy salvation; i.e. the Saviour, whom thou hast sent. (Witham)_...
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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...
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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...
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“ _Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to
Thy word:_ 30 _For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation_, 31 _Which Thou
hast prepared before the face of all people;_ 32 _A light to l...
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(25) And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon:
and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of
Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. (26) And it was reve...
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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...
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30._For my eyes have seen _This mode of expression is very common in
Scripture; but Simeon appears to denote expressly the bodily
appearance of Christ, as if he had said, that he now has the Son of
Go...
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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...
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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 h...
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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Ver. 30. _For mine eyes have seen, &c._] A great satisfaction. So it
was to Job,Job 42:5, when he could say, "I have heard of thee by the
hearing of the ear, bu...
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_Behold there was a man_, &c. There was now in Jerusalem one Simeon,
venerable on account of his age, piety, and virtue. For, _he was just
and devout_ Righteous toward his fellow-creatures, and holy t...
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FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION,...
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The coming of Simeon:...
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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 ...
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25-35 The same Spirit that provided for the support of Simeon's hope,
provided for his joy. Those who would see Christ must go to his
temple. Here is a confession of his faith, that this Child in his...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 2:29...
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Five Books in Reply to Marcion
Heard with their ears Salvation,[181]...
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Luke 2:30 For G3754 my G3450 eyes G3788 seen G1492 (G5627) Your G4675
salvation G4992...
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JESUS IS CIRCUMCISED AND PRESENTED AT THE TEMPLE AND IS BLESSED BY
SIMON WHO PROPHESIES OVER HIM (2:21-35).
The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child
birth was necessary d...
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“Now let your servant depart, Lord,
According to your word, in peace,
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples,
A light for revelation to the Ge...
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Luke 2:30. HAVE SEEN. These words are emphatic; probably the tradition
respecting previous blindness was suggested by them.
THY SALVATION, _i.e.,_ the Messianic deliverance. He sees the world's
salva...
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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...
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SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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Luke 2:29
The Glory and Work of Old Age.
What were the gains which blessed this old man's age?
I. The first was prophetic power; not so much the power of
foretelling, as the power of insight into Go...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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_Whose name was Simeon_
READINESS 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 Go...
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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...
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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...
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_For mine eyes have seen thy salvation._ " _Salvation_," in Greek
_σωτήζιον_, the word used by the Septuagint as a rendering of
the Hebrew ישוצח, _iescua_, safety. "Safety" is used by metonomy
for "Sa...
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_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...
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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.;...
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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...
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2 Samuel 23:1; Acts 4:10; Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 49:6; Luke 2:10;...
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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...
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Thy salvation — Thy Christ, thy Saviour....