He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
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He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
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And he came by inspiracion into the temple. And when the father and mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for him after the custome of the lawe
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And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,
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Passages linked to Luke 2:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 2:22 When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
- Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- Luke 2:41 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
- Luke 2:48 When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”
- Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Acts 10:19 While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you.
- Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
- Acts 11:12 The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.
- Acts 16:7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
- Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- Revelation 17:3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Acts 8:29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Joseph and Mary: and so he speaketh, as it…
Joseph and Mary: and so he speaketh, as it was commonly taken.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 27 And he came by the Spirit into the…
27 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,
Ver. 27. And he came by the spirit, &c.] So still, "the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord," Psa 37:23. He sets his Spirit as tutor, to direct and convince us into all truth Simeon, likely, had done as Daniel did, Luk 9:2, found out by diligent search, that the fulness of time was come, and is therefore thus answered from heaven.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he came by the Spirit into the temple,....…
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.Eze 8:3 or as Christ was brought by Satan to the holy city and set upon the pinnacle of the temple; but the Spirit of God, who knows and searches all things, even the deep things of God, and could testify beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow, knew the exact time when Jesus would be brought into the temple; and suggested to Simeon, and moved upon him, and influenced and directed him, to go thither at that very time. The Persic version renders the whole verse thus, "when he heard that they brought Christ into the temple, that they might fulfil the law, Simeon went in"; which version spoils the glory of the text, making Simeon's coming into the temple, to be upon a report heard, and not the motion of the Holy Ghost,
And when the parents brought in the child Jesus; when Joseph and Mary brought Christ into the temple. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "his parents", Mary was his real parent, Joseph is called so, as he is his father in Luk 2:48 because he was supposed, and generally thought to be so, Luk 3:23.
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To do for him after the custom of the law; as was used to be done in such a case, according to the appointment of the law: or as the Syriac version renders it, "as is commanded in the law"; namely, to present him to the Lord, and to pay the redemption money for him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain By the Spirit - By a particular Revelation or…
By the Spirit - By a particular Revelation or impulse from him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. He came by the Spirit into the…
Verse 27. He came by the Spirit into the temple] Probably he had in view the prophecy of Malachi, Mal 3:1, The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple. In this messenger of the covenant, the soul of Simeon delighted. Now the prophecy was just going to be fulfilled; and the Holy Spirit, who dwelt in the soul of this righteous man, directed him to go and see its accomplishment. Those who come, under the influence of God's Spirit, to places of public worship, will undoubtedly meet with him who is the comfort and salvation of Israel.
After the custom of the law] To present him to the Lord, and then redeem him by paying five shekels, Nu 18:15-16, and to offer those sacrifices appointed by the law. See Lu 2:24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain By the Spirit - By the direction of the…
By the Spirit - By the direction of the Spirit.
Into the temple - Into that part of the temple where the public worship was chiefly performed - into the court of the women. See the notes at Mat 21:12.
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The custom of the law - That is, to make an offering for purification, and to present him to God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And he came by the spirit, or moved by…
And he came by the spirit, or moved by the holy Spirit. (Witham)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The Spirit guided him to the temple at the…
The Spirit guided him to the temple at the very moment when the Virgin was about to present Him to the Lord.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Came by the Spirit—The Spirit, which was attested…
27. Came by the Spirit—The Spirit, which was attested by its own self-evidence beyond mistake, led the holy man into the temple at the time that Jesus was being brought. The mature saint and the young Messiah met, and the venerable representative of the old law did profound homage to the infant and divine founder of the new Gospel.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. by the Spirit] Rather, in the Spirit.
27. by the Spirit] Rather, in the Spirit.
brought in the child] The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy (vi.) says that he saw Him shining like a pillar of light in His mother’s arms, which is probably derived from Luk_2:32.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) He came by the Spirit.—Better, as in Rev_1:10,…
(27) He came by the Spirit.—Better, as in Rev_1:10, in the Spirit—i.e., in a spiritual state in which the power of the Divine Spirit was the pervading element.
The parents.—Here, as in Luk_2:33; Luk_2:48, St. Luke does not shrink from reproducing what was obviously the familiar phraseology of the household of Nazareth. In common life it is almost obvious that no other phraseology was possible.
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To do for him after the custom of the law.—In common practice, the child would have been presented to the priest who offered the two turtle doves on behalf of the parents. In this instance Simeon, though not a priest (there is, at least, nothing but a legend in an Apocryphal Gospel to fix that character on him), takes on himself, standing by the priest, to receive the child as he was presented. This fits in, as far as it goes, with the idea of his having been an Essene, revered as possessing prophetic gifts. (See Notes on Luk_2:25.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus.…
And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus. This was evidently the usual expression which the Nazareth family adopted when they spoke of the Child Jesus (see, again, in Ver. 48 of this chapter; and also in Ver. 33, where the older authorities read" his father" instead of "and Joseph"). The true story, which they both knew so well, was not for the rough Galilaean peasant, still less for the hostile Herodian. The mother knew the truth, Joseph too, and the house of Zacharias the priest, and probably not a few besides among their devout friends and kinsfolk. The Nazareth family, resting quietly in their simple faith, left the rest to God, who, in his own season, would reveal the secret of the nativity.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Brought in the Child Jesus
Luk_2:27
Brought in the Child Jesus
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Dedicating children to the Lord
When the Duke of Kent was dying, he desired that the little princess Victoria should be placed beside him, and then he offered a very affecting prayer that if ever she became the Queen of England, she might rule in the fear of God.
How many of our noble Queens virtues and good deeds have resulted doubtless from her godly training I In my first Circuit I knew the excellent family of the late eminent Rev. Benjamin Field. At his birth his very godly father solemnly dedicated him to God. He began to preach in his seventeenth year, and by his ministry and by his very good Handbook to Scripture Doctrines, he has been useful to thousands. Holy children generally live to be great in the sight of the Lord, and, if faithful, with Gods blessings, eminently useful. (H. R. Burton.)
Singleness of aim
Parents should have one single object before them regarding their children, and that is, to bring them up for the Lord. To that everything else should give way. The natural tendency is to bring them up very genteelly, very respectably, to educate them for some station where they can make a great deal of money. This is the natural tendency on the part of parents. Well, they may obtain the desire of their hearts, but to the injury of the souls of their children. How I would press this on the hearts of my brethren! Of course I do not at all mean they should not have the best of education, and such an education as will be suitable to their station in life. But everything should give way to this point: my son, my daughter, are to be brought up for the Lord. My son, my daughter, are to become heirs of the kingdom that fadeth not away. Everything ought to give way to this one point. If we do not keep this before us, we shall constantly take wrong steps. Let me give an illustration. A Christian gentleman of good position in life articled his son to a very wicked lawyer, notoriously wicked. This son used to come home on the Saturday afternoons to spend the Lords day with his family. There he attended family prayers. He used to say strong things about his fathers petitions, such as, My father prays for me that God would preserve me in the midst of temptation; he puts me in the lions mouth, and then asks God to preserve me! (George Muller.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 27. Came in the Spirit into the temple. Directed…
27. Came in the Spirit into the temple. Directed by and filled with the Spirit. After the custom of the law. Offered the required sacrifices. The law was strictly observed, because Jesus was “born under the law.”
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Led by the Spirit
Led by the Spirit
This can be stated in active form. AT: "As the Holy Spirit directed him" (See: Active or Passive)
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came
Some languages may say "went."
into the temple
"into the temple courtyard." Only priests could enter the temple building. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the parents
"Jesus' parents"
the custom of the law
"the custom of the law of God"
he took him into his arms
"Simeon took the infant Jesus into his arms" or "Simeon held Jesus in his arms"
Now let your servant depart in peace
"I am your servant; let me depart in peace." Simeon was referring to himself.
depart
This is a euphemism meaning "die" (See: Euphemism)
according to your word
"Word" here is a metonym for "promise." AT: "as you have promised" (See: Metonymy)
translationWords
temple
law
praise
servant
peace
word of God
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:27 to the Temple: This was the Temple compound,…
2:27 to the Temple: This was the Temple compound, not the sanctuary. See study note on 1:8-9.
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