Luke 2:27
And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
28he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said:
Cross References
Luke 2:22And when the days for their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,
Luke 2:48And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why have you acted thus toward us? Behold, your father and I have sought for you in sorrow.
Luke 4:1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Acts 10:19While Peter was thinking of the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, three men ask for you:
Acts 16:7and had come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit did not permit them.
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 →