Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33And Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things being spoken about him.
Cross References
Genesis 47:7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Leviticus 9:22And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them. And he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.
Psalms 69:9For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.
Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.
Matthew 21:44And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:26-41
Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 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: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 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, 28 Then took he him up in his… Read the whole commentary →