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A light to lighten the Gentiles - This is in accordance with the prophecies in the Old Testament, Isaiah 49 ; Isaiah 9:6-7 ; Psalms 98:3 ; Ma...
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...
A light. Greek. phos. See App-130. Quotedfrom Isaiah 42:6 . to lighten . for (Greek. eis, as in Luke 2:34 ). revelation of. Greek. apokalup...
32. A light for the revelation of the Gentiles Simeon now points out the purpose for which Christ was to be exhibited by the Father before a...
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...
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. A light to lighten the Gentiles - Φως εις αποκαλυψιν εθνων - A light of the Gent...
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...
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. A light to lighten the Gentiles (then in thick darkness), and the glory...
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...
A light, etc.] RV 'A light for revelation to the Gentiles,' i.e. the Messiah is the Light of the Gentiles, sent by God to reveal His truth to the h...
To lighten the Gentiles. — Literally, for a revelation to the Gentiles. The idea is strictly that of the withdrawal of the “veil spread over all...
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...
WALKING IN THE LIGHT ‘A Light to lighten the Gentiles.’ Luke 2:32 God’s people, in the days of the old dispensation, lived and moved in dim...
A light to lighten the Gentiles ,.... Or for the revelation of the Gentiles; to reveal the love, grace, and mercy of God, an everlasting righteousne...
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Ver. 32. The glory of thy people Israel ] Oh! pity their perverseness, and p...
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...
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 2:32 The song of Simeon was very beautiful in its arrangement. First the believer's personal appropriation of a promise, "Lord, now lettest T...
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...
A light to lighten the Gentiles The light of the Gentiles I. EXPLAIN THE IMPORT OF THE TEXT. 1. The character of Jesus is exhibited under th...
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:
a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people Israel. The incident here told by Luke is so important that he introduces it with "Beh...
1 Corinthians 1:31 ; Acts 13:47 ; Acts 13:48 ; Acts 28:28 ; Isaiah 4:2 ; Isaiah 42:6 ; Isaiah 42:7 ; Isaiah 45:25 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 60...
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...
And the glory of thy people Israel — For after the Gentiles are enlightened, all Israel shall be saved.
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.