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Verse 35. _YEA, A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL ALSO_]
Probably meaning, Thou _also_, as well as thy son, shall die a martyr
for the truth. But as this is a metaphor used by the most respect...
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YEA, A SWORD ... - The sufferings and death of thy Son shall deeply
afflict thy soul. And if Mary had not been thus forewarned and
sustained by strong faith, she could not have borne the trials which...
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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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_a sword_ The word _rhomphaia_, probably a broad Thracian sword, only
occurs elsewhere in the New Testament in Revelation 1:16, &c., but it
is used in the LXX., as in Zechariah 13:7, "Awake, O sword,...
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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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ῬΟΜΦΑΊΑ. Probably a broad Thracian lance (_framea_). The word
only occurs elsewhere in the New Testament in Revelation 1:16, &c.,
but it is used in the LXX[65], as in Zechariah 13:7, “Awake, O
sword,...
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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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ΔΙΕΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ
(G1330) проходить через,
ΡΟΜΘΑΊΑ (G4501) большой, широкий,
обоюдоострый меч. Подобное оружие
символизирует предельное горе (Plummer;
ΒΟΝΟΗ).
ΆΠΟΚΑΛΥΦ...
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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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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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(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
YEA, A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL ALSO. 'Blessed though
thou art among women, 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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YEA, A SWORD] This prophecy was fulfilled when Mary saw her Son
rejected, condemned, insulted, scourged, and crucified.
THAT THE THOUGHTS] i.e. that the true characters of men (as shown in
their rece...
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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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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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A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL ALSO. — The word used for
“sword” here, occurs also in the Apocalypse (Revelation 1:16;
Revelation 2:12, _et. al._)_,_ but not elsewhere in the New Testament....
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καὶ σοῦ, singles out the mother for a special share in the
sorrow connected with the tragic career of one destined to be much
spoken against (ἀντιλεγόμενον); this inevitable because
of a mother's inte...
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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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(Yea, a sword shall (t) pierce through thy own soul also), that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
(t) Will most keenly wound and grieve....
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And thy own soul a sword shall pierce. These words, which figuratively
express the grief of the blessed Virgin mother, when present at the
death of her Son, are to be taken by way of a parenthesis. --...
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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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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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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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(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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35._But also a sword shall pierce thy own soul _This warning must have
contributed greatly to fortify the mind of the holy virgin, and to
prevent her from being overwhelmed with grief, when she came 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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YEA, A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL ALSO,.... Meaning
either the sword, "or spear of scandal", as the Arabic version renders
it; so the calumny, and reproach of the tongues of men, is compa...
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(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Ver. 35. _Yea, a sword shall pierce, &c._] This confutes that of
Plautus: _Mulier nulla cordic...
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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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A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL; generally understood of the
anguish which she would be called to endure as a witness of the
Saviour's sufferings and death.
THE THOUGHTS OF MANY HEARTS MAY...
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Simeon blesses Joseph and Mary:...
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(YEA, A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THY OWN SOUL ALSO,) THAT THE
THOUGHTS OF MANY HEARTS MAY BE REVEALED.
Whereas in the story of the shepherds only Mary is mentioned as having
taken careful note of th...
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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 2:34...
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Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
And the mother of God said, weeping: How am I not to lament thee, my
son? How should I not tear my face with my nails? This is that, my
son, which Symeon the...
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Luke 2:35 yes G1161 sword G4501 through G1330 (G5695) your G4675 own
G846 soul G5590 also G2532) that...
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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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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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Luke 2:35. YEA, A SWORD SHALL PIERCE THROUGH THINE OWN SOUL. The
sentence is parallel with the last, and should not be put in
parentheses. The rejection and suffering of Christ has just been
indicated...
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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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A SWORD
(ρομφαια). A large sword, properly a long Thracian javelin. It
occurs in the LXX of Goliath's sword (1 Samuel 17:51). How little Mary
understood the meaning of Simeon's words that seemed so...
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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 2:21. _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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AND SORROW, LIKE A SHARP SWORD. Happiness and sorrow will both fill
her heart. He would be a king, but he must go by way of the Cross. The
preaching of Christ produces either hate or love....
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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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_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 11:19; 1 John 2:19; Acts 8:21; Deuteronomy 8:2;...
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A sword [ρ ο μ φ α ι α]. Strictly, a large Thracian broadsword.
Used in Setpuagint of the sword of Goliath (1 Samuel 17:51). A figure
of Mary's pang when her son should be nailed to the cross....
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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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A sword shall pierce through thy own soul — So it did, when he
suffered: particularly at his crucifixion....