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Verse 29. _LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE_] _Now
thou dismissest_, απολυεις, _loosest_ him from life; having
lived long enough to have the grand end of life accomplished.
_ACCORD...
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NOW LETTEST - Now thou “dost” let or permit. This word is in the
indicative mood, and signifies that God was permitting him to die in
peace, by having relieved his anxieties, allayed his fears, fulfil...
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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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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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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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LORD. Master. Greek. _Despotes._ App-98. Occurs ten times in N.T.
(here; Act 4:24. 1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 6:2. 2 Timothy 2:21. Tit 2:9.
1 Pete
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_Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace_ Rather, NOW ART
THOU SETTING FREE THY SLAVE, O MASTER, ACCORDING TO THY WORD, IN
PEACE. This rapturous Psalm the _Nunc Dimittis_has formed a part o...
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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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ΝΥ͂Ν�, ΔΈΣΠΟΤΑ. ‘Now art Thou setting free Thy slave, O
Master, according to Thy word, in peace.’ Νῦν ‘now, at
last!’ The present tense is the so-called _praesens futurascens_
where an action still fu...
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SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
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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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ΑΠΟΛΎΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΑΠΟΛΎΩ (G630)
отпускать, отсылать; здесь: позволять
умереть. _Praes. ind._, "Ты отпускаешь Своего
слугу" (Stein; Marshall; HLIN, 146-47; ABD, 4:1155-56).
Вариант прочтен...
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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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LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART, &C.— The word rendered
_depart,_ or _dimiss,_ is generally used to express _death;_ and
joined to the word _peace,_ signifies _a happy and contented death._...
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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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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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Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy
word:
LORD. The word is 'Master' [ Despota (G1203)], a word but rarely used
in the New Testament, and never but to mark emphatic...
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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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2:29 Lord (i-1) _ Despotes_ . see Note a, Acts 4:24 ....
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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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The meaning is, 'My master and owner, now thou givest freedom to thy
slave by a peaceful death, according to the prophetic word that thou
spakest' (Luke 2:26). Simeon regards his release from the toil...
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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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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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NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE. — It is not expedient
to alter the translation, but we have to remember that the central
idea is that of the manumission of a slave. The word for Lord is...
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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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Lord, now (l) lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to
thy (m) word:
(l) Let me depart out of this life, to be joined to my Father.
(m) As you promised me....
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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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29._Thou now sendest thy servant away _From this song it is
sufficiently evident, that Simeon looked at the Son of God with
different eyes from the eyes of flesh. For the outward beholding of
Christ c...
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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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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 creatio...
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Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy
word:
Ver. 29. _Lord, now lettest thou thy servant_] In the Syriac it is,
"Now thou openest the prison door;" the prisoner must no...
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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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LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE ACCORDING TO THY
WORD;...
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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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Ver. 29-32. The song consists of an eulogium of Christ, whom Simeon
here calls:
1. The Lord's _salvation; _ 2. _A light to lighten the Gentiles; _ 3.
_The glory of Israel; _ and a petition, that now t...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
But "Simeon," he also says, "blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest
Thou Thy servant depart in peace; for mine eyes have seen Thy
salvation, which Thou hast prepa...
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Luke 2:29 Lord G1203 now G3568 letting G630 Your G4675 servant G1401
depare G630 (G5719) in G1722 peace...
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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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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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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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Luke 2:29. The words of Simeon are poetic in their form, and even in a
translation retain their peculiar beauty. The song is called _Nunc
Dimittis,_ from the opening words in the Latin version. Like t...
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NOW LETTEST THOU
(νυν απολυεις). Present active indicative,THOU ART LETTING
. The _Nunc Dimittis_, adoration and praise. It is full of rapture and
vivid intensity (Plummer) like the best of the P...
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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 2:29
Old Age.
The examples of Simeon and Anna combine to set before us a picture of
that old age which we must allow to be the most befitting, which we
must wish to see realised in our own case...
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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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_Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace_
NUNC DIMITTIS
I. Let us start with this great general principle which is full of
comfort that EVERY BELIEVER MAY BE ASSURED OF ULTIMATELY DEPARTI...
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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
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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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_Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy
word. Lettest thou_ in Greek _α̉πολύεις_, _loosen_, as it
were, from the prison-chains of this body, that I may go to the
liberty,...
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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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Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:30; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 57:2; Luke 2:26;...
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Lettest thou thy servant depart [α π ο λ υ ε ι ς τ ο ν δ
ο υ λ ο ν]. Lit., thou dost release. The word is often used of
manumitting or setting free on payment of ransom; and as Simeon uses
the word fo...
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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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These words are. sweet canticle, or swan-like song, of old Simeon,.
little before his dissolution. He had seen the Messiah before by
faith, now by sight, and wishes to have his eyes closed, that he mi...