Luke 2:27

And he came in (the) Spirit into the temple (or And directed by the Spirit he came to the Temple). And when his father and mother led [in] the child Jesus to do after the custom of the law for him,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 he had taken an answer of the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, [no] but he saw first the Christ of the Lord. (And he had received an answer from the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death, until he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.)

28he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 32:11and I took the book asealed of possession, and [the] askings and [the] answerings of the seller and [the] buyer, and [the] covenants, and [the] seals withoutforth. (and I took both copies of the deed of purchase, the sealed one, as by law and custom, and the unsealed one;)

Luke 2:22And after that the days of the purification of Mary were fulfilled, after Moses’ law, they took him into Jerusalem, to offer him to the Lord,

Luke 2:48And they saw (him), and wondered. And his mother said to him, Son, what hast thou done to us thus? (or Son, why hast thou done this to us?) Lo! thy father and I sorrowing have sought thee.

Luke 4:1And Jesus full of the Holy Ghost turned again from (the) Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into (the) desert (And Jesus full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan River, and was led by the Spirit into the desert)

Acts 10:19And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Lo! three men seek thee.

Acts 16:7And when they came to Mysia, they assayed [or they attempted] to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered not them, [or and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not], (or but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow 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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