Luke 2:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, ”

Luke 2:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the Spirit - By the direction of the Spirit. Into the temple - Into that part of the temple where the public worship was chiefly performed - into the court of the women. See the notes at...
Luke 2:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the (k) parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, (k) Joseph and Mary: and he says "parents" because that is...
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by . in. Greek. en. App-104. the Spirit . The Holy Spirit Himself. See App-101. the temple . the Temple courts. Greek. hieron. See notes on Matthew 4:5 ; Matthew 23:10 . for . concerning...
Luke 2:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, He came by the Spirit into the temple - Probably he had in view...
Luke 2:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, And he came by the Spirit into the temple - the Spirit g...
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He came by the Spirit. — Better, as in Revelation 1:10 , in the Spirit — i.e., in a spiritual state in which the power of the Divine Spirit was the pervading element. The parents. — Here, as...
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came by the Spirit into the temple ,.... By the same Spirit of God, that revealed the above to him. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the Spirit brought him into the temple": but Simeon was n...
Luke 2:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Ver. 27. And he came by the spirit, &c. ] So still, "the...
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 2:25 "
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - 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 2:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The coming of Simeon:
Luke 2:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:19 ; Acts 11:12 ; Acts 16:7 ; Acts 8:29 ; Luke 4:1 ; Luke 2:22 ; Luke 2:41 ; Luke 2:48 ; Luke 2:51 ; Matthew 4:1 ; Revelation 1:10 ; Revelation 17:3
Luke 2:27 - 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 2:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By the Spirit — By a particular revelation or impulse from him.

Luke 2:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 2:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 2:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes