Luke 2:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. ”

• Luke 2:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 w...

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• Luke 2:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (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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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Yea . And thee. sword. Greek. rhomphaia. Occurs only here and Revelation 1:16 ; Revelation 2:12 ; Revelation 2:16 ; Revelation 6:8 ; Revelation 19:15 ; Revelation 19:21 . Septuagint for...

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• Luke 2:35 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 s...

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• Luke 2:35 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1478 THE ENDS AND EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S EXHIBITION TO THE WOULD Luke 2:34-35 . Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be s...

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• Luke 2:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  (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 - Probably meaning, Thou also, as well as...

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• Luke 2:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 j...

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• Luke 2:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  (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 wo...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 Tes...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 co...

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• Luke 2:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  (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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 2:34 "

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 2:34-35 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Simeon blesses Joseph and Mary:

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• Luke 2:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 11:19 ; 1 John 2:19 ; Acts 8:21-23 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; John 15:22-24 ; John 19:25 ; John 8:42-47 ; Judges 5:15 ; Judges 5:16 ; Luke 16:14 ; Luke 16:15 ; Matthew 12:24-35 ;...

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• Luke 2:35 - 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...

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• Luke 2:35 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A sword shall pierce through thy own soul — So it did, when he suffered: particularly at his crucifixion.

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