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 guiding him, all unconsciously, to the temple at the very moment when the Virgin was about to present the Infant to the Lord. Let it here be observed, once for all, that whenever the priests are said to go, or come, into "the temple," as in Luke 1:9, the word always used х ho (G3588) naos (G3485)] is that which denotes the temple proper, into which none might enter except the priests; and never is this word used when our Lord, or any not of the priestly family, is said to go into the temple; in such case the word used х to (G3588) hieron (G2411)] is one of wider signification, denoting any place within the sacred precincts. So here of Simeon.
And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,