Luke 2:35

and a sword shall go through thy soul, in order that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

In Context

34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother; Behold, he is appointed unto the fall and rising of many in Israel, and unto a sign which is spoken against;

36And Anna was a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, herself being advanced in many days, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:24And the Pharisees hearing, said, This man casts not out demons, except through Beelzebul the prince of the demons.

John 8:42Jesus said to them; If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out from God, and I return; for I have not spoken from myself, but He sent me.

John 19:25And by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the mother of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

1 Corinthians 11:19For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you.

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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