Luke 2:22-39 NIV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:36-38

God took care that our Saviour’s nativity should be fully attested. To the testimony of the angels, the wise men, the shepherds, Simeon, here is added another. It is that of Anna, who is described here by her tribe and by her father. She was of the tribe of Aser, one of the meanest tribes, and of those ten tribes that were carried into the captivity of Assyria, having before made a defection (under the conduct of Jeroboam) both from the house of David and from the true worship of God. But... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:39

If the wise men, mentioned Matthew 2:1, had been with Herod before this time, it is more than probable that Herod would have made an end of Christ at this time, therefore certainly it was after this time. Luke saith nothing of what we have Matthew 2:13-15,Matthew 2:19-23, of Joseph going into Egypt upon the admonition of the angel, nor his coming back; but both Matthew and Luke agree in their dwelling at Nazareth, which he calleth their own city, for there Joseph dwelt, Luke 2:4. How after this... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:21-39

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 2:21. The child.—The best MSS. read “Him.”Luke 2:22. Her purification.—The true reading is, “their purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by child-birth, the others of the household by daily contact. The law of purification is given in Leviticus 12:0. At the conclusion of forty days a lamb was to be offered as a burnt-offering, and a turtle-dove or young pigeon as a sin-offering. In case of poverty two turtle-doves or young pigeons were to be offered... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

Luke 2:22 I. The entrance of our Lord into His Temple had been foretold by Malachi four hundred years before (Malachi 3:1 ). But the Lord did not now come in His glory, like as before when that bright cloud, the sign of His presence, filled the new-built Temple in the time of King Solomon: He came now in our flesh, in the form of a helpless babe. For though it was still in deed and in truth the Lord of Hosts coming into His Temple, yet now to the fleshly eyes what was to be seen? No visible... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:25

Luke 2:25 Some Aspects of the Presentation in the Temple. I. Two points strike us in Simeon pre-eminently, whether they are marks of a school of Jewish interpretation, or rather traits of a single soul, simpler and more receptive than most. One is that starting merely with prophecy, and not concerned to image to himself the details of its fulfilment, he hears in it a note which hardly sounded as clearly even to Apostles: "A light for the revelation of the Gentiles." The other is that the sadder... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:26

Luke 2:26 I. This revelation was made to an old man who had waited on God continually in the Temple service, cherishing in his secret heart the promise given to the first fathers of his race, renewed from time to time by the mouth of God's holy prophets, and at length by one of them defined as to the time of its fulfilment, and brought within the limits of a certain expectation and hope. Simeon's prayers and meditations, his converse with men like-minded, his observations of passing events,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29

Luke 2:29 Old Age. The examples of Simeon and Anna combine to set before us a picture of that old age which we must allow to be the most befitting, which we must wish to see realised in our own case an old age free from wordly harass and desires with leisure for higher things; occupied with the care of the soul; calmly waiting for the great change; employed much in religious meditation and prayer; anxious for nothing which the world can give; anxious only to be found of the Lord; ready and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29-30

Luke 2:29-30 The Glory and Work of Old Age. What were the gains which blessed this old man's age? I. The first was prophetic power; not so much the power of foretelling, as the power of insight into God's doings. He saw the Child, and he knew that It was the Saviour of the world: "Mine eyes have seen Thy Salvation." And in a moment, before his inward eye, he beheld the Sun of Redemption rising in glory, not only over his own people, but in a light which should lighten the Gentiles also. This is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:32

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 Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word: for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation;" next the expansion of a Christian's Catholic spirit, "A Light to lighten the Gentiles," and then the holy patriotism of a Jewish heart, "and the glory of Thy people Israel." I. The question will naturally arise, What is the distinction, if any, between... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:34

Luke 2:34 The Dual Aspect of Christ's Advent. The words of Simeon in the text seem to be intended to check natural but undue expectations about the effect of the first coming of Christ. The Child of Mary, the everlasting Son of the Father, is set by the counsels of God, set in Jewish history, in human history, for the fall and rising again of many a human soul. I. Let us here remark, that Christ's coming into the world was not to have a uniform effect upon human souls. It would act on one soul... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:36-38

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:39

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:21-39

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:25

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:26

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:29-30

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:34

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