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Verse 25. _AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN IN JERUSALEM_] This man is
distinguished because of his singular piety. There can be no doubt
that there were many persons in Jerusalem named _Simeon_, besides...
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WHOSE NAME WAS SIMEON - Some have supposed that this Simeon was a son
of the famous “Hillel,” a distinguished teacher in Jerusalem, and
president of the Sanhedrin; but nothing is certainly known of hi...
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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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MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ See App-123.
SIMEON. In Hebrew. _Shimeon_. hearing. Compare Genesis 29:33. Possibly
the father of Gamaliel (Acts 5:34.
DEVOUT. Greek _eulabes._ Used only by Luke. taking hold...
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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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SIMEON AND THE NUNC DIMITTIS...
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ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ … ὯΙ ὌΝΟΜΑ ΣΥΜΕΏΝ. This cannot be
Rabban Shimeon the son of Hillel (whom the Talmud is on this account
supposed to pass over almost unnoticed), because he would hardly have
been spoken of so...
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VER 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
R...
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ΕΎΛΑΒΉΣ (G2126) предусмотрительный, в
особенности, совестливый; здесь в
религиозном плане (Plummer; BAGD),
благочестивый в отношении к религии
(Evans),
ΠΡΟΣΔΕΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΠΡΟ...
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DISCOURSE: 1476
CHRIST THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL
Luke 2:25. _The same man was just and devout, waiting for the
consolation of Israel_.
IN every age of the Church, there have been some distinguished f...
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THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL— This is a phrase frequently used both by
the ancient and modern Jews for a description of the Messiah. The _day
of consolation_ is a common phrase among them to signify the...
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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, 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.
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WA...
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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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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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WHOSE NAME WAS SIMEON. — Some writers have identified the man thus
described with a very memorable Simeon in the annals of the Jewish
scribes, the son of Hillel, and the father of Gamaliel. He became...
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_Simeon_. Συμεών, introduced as a stranger (ἄνθρωπος
ἦν). The legendary spirit which loves definite particulars about
celebrities of Scripture has tried to fill up the blank. The father of
Gamaliel th...
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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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(5) 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 (i) Holy Ghost was upon him.
(5) Simeon...
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A man... named Simeon, whom some conjecture to have been one of the
Jewish priests. --- Waiting for the consolation of Israel, for the
happy coming of the Messias. --- And the Holy Ghost was in him, b...
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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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From the twenty-fifth verse Simeon becomes the centre of the picture:
Luke 2:25-28 relate his coming in; Luke 2:29-32, his song; Luke
2:33-35, his address to the parents.
VERS. 25-28. In times of spir...
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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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_‘THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL’_
‘Simeon … waiting for the consolation of Israel.’
Luke 2:25
A very precious title of our Lord. Simeon, who was ‘waiting for the
consolation of Israel,’ was satisfied i...
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25._And, lo, there was a man in Jerusalem _The design of this
narrative is to inform us that, though nearly the whole nation was
profane and irreligious, and despised God, yet that a few worshippers
o...
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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 BEHOLD THERE WAS A MAN IN JERUSALEM,.... Not in Nazareth, or
Bethlehem, but in Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation: one that
lived there, was an inhabitant of that city, and a person of fame a...
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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.
Ver. 25. _Just and...
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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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CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL; the Messiah, from whom consolation comes. Aged
persons who have long walked uprightly in piety towards God and good
will towards men, often have, as they approach the close of l...
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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....
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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. 25-28. Interpreters have spent much pains in fortifying their
conjectures (for they can be no more) that this Simeon was Rabban
Simeon, the son of Hillel, the father of Gamaliel, but to what purp...
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
And if these blessings accrue through Christ, they will not have been
prophesied of another than Him through whom we consider them to have
been accomplished.[257]
Te...
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Luke 2:25 And G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) was G2258 (G5713) man G444 in
G1722 Jerusalem G2419 whose...
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‘And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon,
and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of
Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.'
We are now introduced t...
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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 2:25. SIMEON. According to some, this was the son of the famous
Rabbi Hillel, and father of Gamaliel the teacher of Paul (Acts 5:34).
The Rabbis say that Jesus was born in the days of Rabbi Simeo...
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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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DEVOUT
(ευλαβης). Used only by Luke (Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; Acts 22:12)
in the N.T. Common in ancient Greek from Plato on. It means taking
hold well or carefully (ευ and λαβειν) and so reverently,
circ...
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JUST AND DEVOUT
righteousness
The Old Testament righteousness. Summary:
In the Old Testament "righteous" and "just" are English words used to
translate the Hebrew words yasher, "upright"; tsadiq, ...
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Luke 2:25
Some Aspects of the Presentation in the Temple.
I. Two points strike us in Simeon pre-eminently, whether they are
marks of a school of Jewish interpretation, or rather traits of a
single so...
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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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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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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. He was the first prophet to declare that Christ
_had_ come. WAITING FOR ISRAEL TO BE SAVED. That is, the Coming of the
Messiah. THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS WITH HIM. To give him superno...
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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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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:25 Nothing else is known about SIMEON.
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL is the hope that God would come to rescue and
comfort his people (see...
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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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_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._ Calvin would have i...
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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 Peter 1:21; Acts 10:2; Acts 10:22; Acts 24:16; Daniel 6:22;...
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Devout [ε υ λ α β η ς]. Used by Luke only. The kindred word,
eujlabeia, godly fear, occurs twice : Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:28. From
eu, well, and lambanw, to take hold of. Hence of a circumspect or
ca...
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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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The consolation of Israel — A common phrase for the Messiah, who was
to be the everlasting consolation of the Israel of God. The Holy Ghost
was upon him — That is, he was a prophet....
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No sooner was our Saviour brought into the temple and presented to the
Lord by his holy parents, but in springs old Simeon,. pious and devout
man who had. revelation from God that he should not die un...