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Verse 34. _THIS_ CHILD _IS SET FOR THE FALL_] This seems an allusion
to Isaiah 8:14: _Jehovah, God of hosts, shall be-for a stone of
stumbling and_ _rock of offence to both houses of Israel; and many...
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SIMEON BLESSED THEM - Joseph and Mary. On them he sought the blessing
of God.
IS SET - Is appointed or constituted for that, or such will be the
effect of his coming.
THE FALL - The word “fall” here...
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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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SET. destined.
FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 2:10;
Luke 2:11; Luke 2:20; Luke 10:27;...
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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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_is set_ Literally, "_lies_." The metaphor is taken from a stone which
may either become -a stone of stumbling" and -a rock of offence"
(Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:32-33; 1 Corinthians 1:23), or -a preciou...
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ΚΕΙ͂ΤΑΙ. Compare Philippians 1:17. Literally, “_lies_.” The
metaphor is taken from a stone which may either become ‘a stone of
stumbling’ and ‘a rock of offence’ (Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:32-33;...
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SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
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VER 33. AND JOSEPH AND HIS MOTHER MARVELED AT THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE
SPOKEN OF HIM. 34. AND SIMEON BLESSED THEM, AND SAID TO MARY HIS
MOTHER, BEHOLD, THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN O...
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DISCOURSE: 1478
THE ENDS AND EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S EXHIBITION TO THE WOULD
Luke 2:34. _Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of
many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken ag...
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BEHOLD, THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL, &C.— In this prediction
Simeon was directed to use a metaphor, corresponding to that found in
Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 28:16 which passages St. Paul has joined in on...
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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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And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for
a sign which shall be spoken against;
AND SIMEON BLESSED T...
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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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BEHOLD THIS CHILD, etc.] This child will divide Israel into two
opposite camps. Some will reject His claims. To such He will be 'a
stone of stumbling and a rock of offence' (Isaiah 8:14), i.e. the
occ...
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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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THIS CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN. — The words start
from the thought of Isaiah 8:14. The Christ is seen by Simeon as the
stone on which some fall and are bruised (Luke 20:18), while oth...
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εὐλόγησεν : “the less is blessed of the better”. Age,
however humble, may bless youth. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. κεῖται,
is appointed εἰς πτῶσιν, etc.: generally, this child will
influence His time in a...
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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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And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
[child] is (q) set for the (r) fall and rising again of many in
Israel; and for a (s) sign which shall be spoken against;
(q) Is a...
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Is set for the ruin. Christ came for the redemption and salvation of
all men: but Simeon prophesies what would happen in consequence of the
wilful blindness and obstinacy of many. (Witham) --- Not tha...
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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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A carnal satisfaction, full of delusive hopes might easily have taken
possession of the hearts of these parents, especially of the mother's,
on hearing such words as these. But Simeon infuses into his...
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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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_FALLING OR RISING_
‘This child is set for the fall and rising again of many in
Israel.’
Luke 2:34
The expression is somewhat figurative. It suggests a stone or step in
a man’s pathway, which becom...
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34._And Simeon blessed them _If you confine this to Joseph and Mary,
there will be no difficulty. But, as Luke appears to include Christ at
the same time, it might be asked, What right had Simeon to t...
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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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AND SIMEON BLESSED THEM,.... Pronounced them blessed persons, on
account of their relation to Christ as man; and more especially,
because of their interest in him, as the, Saviour and Redeemer of
them...
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And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
_child_ is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and
for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Ver. 34. _For the fa...
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_And Simeon blessed them_ Namely, Joseph and Mary. He pronounced them
blessed who had the honour to be related to this child, and were
intrusted with the bringing him up. He prayed for them, that God...
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FALL; ruin by rejecting Christ.
RISING AGAIN; salvation by believing in him.
A SIGN; an object of peculiar derision. Isaiah 53:3; ACTS 28:22....
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AND SIMEON BLESSED THEM, AND SAID UNTO MARY, HIS MOTHER, BEHOLD, THIS
CHILD IS SET FOR THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN OF MANY IN ISRAEL; AND FOR
A SIGN WHICH SHALL BE SPOKEN AGAINST,...
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Simeon blesses Joseph and Mary:...
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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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OLBGrk;
Ver. 34,35. SIMEON BLESSED THEM: some may question how it was that
Simeon blessed Christ, whereas the apostle tells us, _The less is
blessed of the better,_ HEBREWS 7:7. But we must distingui...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
This stumbling-stone Marcion retains still.[224]
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign
that shal...
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Luke 2:34 Then G2532 Simeon G4826 blessed G2127 (G5656) them G846 and
G2532 said G2036 (G5627) to...
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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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‘And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which
were spoken concerning him, and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary
his mother,'
“Behold, this child is set for the falling and th...
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Luke 2:34. BLESSED THEM. The ordinary benediction of a pious old man.
UNTO MARY HIS MOTHER. This indicates that Simeon knew (by revelation
we infer) something of her peculiar relation to the child....
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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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IS SET FOR THE FALLING AND THE RISING UP OF MANY IN ISRAEL
(Κειτα εις πτωσιν κα αναστασιν πολλων
εν τω Ισραηλ). Present indicative of the old defective verb
appearing only in present and imperfect i...
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Luke 2:34
I. That is the claim which Christ has upon us; that He _knows_us. As
it is said, "He knew what was in man," and He does not merely know our
faces, our forms, but our true selves. You know no...
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Luke 2:34
The Dual Aspect of Christ's Advent.
The words of Simeon in the text seem to be intended to check natural
but undue expectations about the effect of the first coming of Christ.
The Child of...
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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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FOR THE DESTRUCTION AND SALVATION OF MANY. Christ destroyed the hopes
of those who looked for a political Messiah. Unbelievers would "fall
on him" and be broken to pieces (_see notes on_ Matthew 21:42...
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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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_Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many_
SIMEON’S PREDICTION
This prediction has a very gloomy aspect, and speaks with a tone of
sad foreboding in strange contrast to the ri...
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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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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:34 FALL refers to judgment; RISING refers to
salvation. A SIGN THAT IS OPPOSED foretells future opposition to
Jesus. SWORD refers t
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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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_And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His mother, Behold, this
child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for
a sign which shall be spoken against._ The form for the sace...
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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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1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15;...
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Them. The parents; the child being separately and specially
designated.
Is set [κ ε ι τ α ι]. The verb means primarily to be laid, and
so to lie : hence to be set forth or promulgated, as the law is...
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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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Simeon blessed them — Joseph and Mary. This child is set for the
fall and rising again of many — That is, he will be a savour of
death to some, to unbelievers: a savour of life to others, to
believers...
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Two things are here observed, Simeon's blessing, and Simeon's
prediction; HE BLESSED THEM: that is, the parents and the child Jesus:
not authoritatively, but prophetically, declaring how God would ble...