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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. This proves the poverty of our Lord’s parents. If they had been able to bring a costlier sacrifice, they should...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to offer a sacrifice,.... That is, when the time of purification came, the parents of our Lord brought him from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, to present him in the temple to the Lord as his, and to redeem him; and not only so, but to offer the sacrifice required of child-bed women: according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, Leviticus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold there was a man in Jerusalem,.... Not in Nazareth, or Bethlehem, but in Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation: one that lived there, was an inhabitant of that city, and a person of fame and note. So Joseph ben Jochanan is called (z) איש ירושלם a man of Jerusalem, an inhabitant of that place: whose name was Simeon; not Simeon, הצדיק...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout,¾ This combination makes up a complete character, “just” towards man, “devout” towards God. There are many who think they are just, but their justness does not extend to their fellow-creatures, and they forget the claims of the Most High upon...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 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, then took he him up in his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, He blended in his character his duty to man and his duty to God, he was just and devout.” Luk_2:25. Waiting for the consolation of Israel: His devotion was not that of a blind devotee. He had eyes of expectation, he was expecting the Messiah to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. That which the Holy Ghost reveals will assuredly come to pass, as it did in the experience of old Simeon.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,.... Not in a dream, as the wise men were warned, nor by an angel, as Joseph, nor by a voice from heaven, which the Jews call "Bath Kol", but by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, enlightening his understanding, and impressing on his mind: that he should not see death; an Hebraism, see it in Psalms...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 not brought thither, as this version seems to suggest, in such manner as Ezekiel was brought by the Spirit to Jerusalem. Ezekiel 8:3 or as Christ was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: Men who have the Spirit will be led by the Spirit. Simeon came into the temple at the right moment. Just when a young man was entering, with his wife and new-born child, “He came by the Spirit into the temple.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms, He came in, I say, at the right time. Did ever anybody, who was not led by the Spirit, find Christ? Somebody has come in here tonight, and he does not know why he has come; but he has been led here by the Spirit that he may...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then took he him up in his arms,.... That same Spirit that had revealed unto him that he should not die till he saw the Messiah with his bodily eyes; and who by a secret impulse had moved him to go to the temple just at this time made known unto him that that child which Joseph and Mary then brought into the temple to present to the Lord, was the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Luk_2:32. And blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Simeon had studied the ancient prophecies to good purpose, and he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant,.... He acknowledges him as his Lord, and to have a despotic power over him with respect to life and death; and himself as his servant, which he was, both by creation and grace: and though it expresses humiliation, and a sense of distance and unworthiness, yet to be a servant of the most high God, is a very high...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,.... The Messiah, who is often so called; see Genesis 49:18. He goes by the name of "salvation", because the salvation of God's elect is put into his hands, and he has undertook it; and because he is the author of it, he has fulfilled his engagements, and has accomplished what he promised to do; and because...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Which thou hast prepared,.... In his eternal purposes and decrees, having chosen and foreordained Christ, and appointed him to be his salvation, to the ends of the earth; in his counsel and covenant of grace wherein it was agreed, determined, and concluded on, that he should be the Saviour of his people; and in the promises and prophecies of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
A light to lighten the Gentiles,.... Or for the revelation of the Gentiles; to reveal the love, grace, and mercy of God, an everlasting righteousness, and the way of life and salvation to them. Reference seems to be had to Isaiah 42:6. "Light", is one of the names of the Messiah in the Old Testament, as in Psalms 43:3 Daniel 2:22, which passages...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Joseph and his mother,.... The Vulgate Latin reads, "and his father and mother". The Ethiopic version retains both his name and his relation, and reads, "and Joseph his father, and his mother"; but all the ancient copies read only "Joseph", without the addition, his father; and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions: they marvelled at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. We may be very near to Christ, and yet know very little about him. Joseph and the virgin mother did not understand “those things which were spoken of him.” One wonders it was so after all that had been revealed to them; we marvel that they marvelled.