Luke 2:27

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the Law regarding Him,

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

26and it has been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit—not to see death before he may see the Christ of the LORD.

28then he took Him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 32:11and I take the purchase scroll, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one;

Luke 2:22And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem, to present to the LORD,

Luke 2:48And having seen Him, they were amazed, and His mother said to Him, “Child, why did You do this to us? Behold, Your father and I, sorrowing, were seeking You.”

Luke 4:1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit into the wilderness,

Acts 10:19And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you;

Acts 16:7having gone toward Mysia, they were trying to go on toward 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 →

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