before. Greek. kata. App-104.
people. the peoples.
Before the face of all people - Whom thou hast provided for all people, or whom thou dost design to “reveal” to all people.
Which thou hast prepared (p) before the face of all people; (p) As a sign set up in a high place for all men to look upon.
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 Div...
31. Which thou hast prepared By these words Simeon intimates, that Christ had been divinely appointed, that all nations might enjoy his grac...
DISCOURSE: 1477 TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:28-32 . Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lett...
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Which thou hast prepared - Ὁ ἡτοιμασας, which thou hast Made Ready before the face, in the...
Mine eyes have seen, &c.— Simeon, being well acquainted with the prophetic writings, knew from them that the Messiah was to be the Author of a...
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Which thou hast prepared b...
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 censu...
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...
All people] RV 'all peoples,' i.e. all the nations of the earth.
Before the face of all people. — Literally, of all peoples. The word expresses the universality of the salvation which the next verse contemplate...
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, gu...
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. Thi...
(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: an...
Which thou hast prepared ,.... In his eternal purposes and decrees, having chosen and foreordained Christ, and appointed him to be his salvation, to...
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; Ver. 31. Before the face of all the people ] As a banner displayed, as a beacon on a hill...
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 de...
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...
Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a...
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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 fro...
“Now let your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace, For my eyes have seen your salvation, Which you have prepared before the fac...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:21 . The child .—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22 . Her purification .—The true reading is, “ their purification” (...
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 ta...
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 bef...
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...
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 vil...
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace Nunc Dimittis I. Let us start with this great general principle which is full of comfort tha...
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...
The coming of Simeon:
which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people,
Isaiah 42:10-12 ; Isaiah 42:1-4 ; Isaiah 45:21-25 ; Isaiah 62:1 ; Isaiah 62:2 ; Psalms 96:10-13 ; Psalms 96:1-3 ; Psalms 97:6-8 ; Psalms 98:...
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, w...
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;