Luke 2:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. ”

Luke 2:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it was revealed unto him - In what way this was done we are not informed. Sometimes a revelation was made by a dream, at others by a voice, and at others by silent suggestion. All we know of...
Luke 2:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Chri...
Luke 2:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

it was revealed. Greek. chrematizo. Occurs nine times; seven times of. Divine communication; here, Matthew 2:12 ; Matthew 2:22 . Acts 10:22 ; Acts 11:26 ; Romans 7:3 . Hebrews 8:5 ;. Luke 1...
Luke 2:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. It was revealed unto him - He was divinely informed, κεχρηματισμενον - he had an ex...
Luke 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see dea...
Luke 2:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, e...
Luke 2:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It was revealed unto him. — The Greek word is the same as that rendered “warned” in Matthew 2:12 . It implies a divine oracular communication, but rests on a different idea from the “unveiling,” w...
Luke 2:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 sudde...
Luke 2:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 fore...
Luke 2:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 rev...
Luke 2:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost ,.... Not in a dream, as the wise men were warned, nor by an angel, as Joseph, nor by a voice from heaven, which the Jews call "Bath Kol", but by the i...
Luke 2:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Ver. 26. It was revealed unto him ] By an immediate oracle, κεχρηματισμενον. Th...
Luke 2:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 h...
Luke 2:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 wor...
Luke 2:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the...
Luke 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 2:25 "
Luke 2:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 necessa...
Luke 2:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 chil...
Luke 2:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:26 I. This revelation was made to an old man who had waited on God continually in the Temple service, cherishing in his secret heart the promise given to the first fathers of his race, rene...
Luke 2:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:1-9 . 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...
Luke 2:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 issue...
Luke 2:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 calle...
Luke 2:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 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 r...
Luke 2:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The coming of Simeon:
Luke 2:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:38 ; Acts 17:3 ; Acts 2:36 ; Acts 9:20 ; Amos 3:7 ; Daniel 9:24-26 ; Hebrews 1:8 ; Hebrews 1:9 ; Hebrews 11:5 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; John 1:41 ; John 20:31 ; John 4:29 ; John 8:51 ; L...
Luke 2:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...

Luke 2:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary