Luke 2:34
And Symeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother—Lo! this one, is being set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
33And his father and mother were marvelling over the things which were being spoken concerning him.
Cross References
Genesis 47:7So Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and caused him to stand before Pharaoh,—and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Leviticus 9:22Then Aaron lifted up his hands towards the people, and blessed them,—and he came down from offering the sin-bearer, and the ascending-sacrifice and the peace-offering.
Psalms 69:9Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.
Isaiah 8:18Lo! I and the children whom Yahweh hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel,—from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.
Matthew 11:19The Son of Man, came, eating and drinking, and they say, Lo! a gluttonous man and a wine-drinker! a friend of, tax-collectors, and sinners! And yet wisdom hath been justified by her works.
Matthew 21:44[And, he that falleth on this stone, will be sorely bruised; but, on whomsoever it may fall, it will utterly destroy him.]
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 →