Luke 2:25 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Not only did Angels and Prophets, the shepherds and his parents, bear witness to the birth of the Lord, but the old men and the righteous. As it is said, And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and he was a just man, and one who feared God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The consolation of Israel - A common phrase for the Messiah, who was to be the everlasting consolation of the Israel of God. The Holy Ghost was upon him - That is, he was a prophet.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whose name was Simeon - Some have supposed that this Simeon was a son of the famous “Hillel,” a distinguished teacher in Jerusalem, and president of the Sanhedrin; but nothing is certainly known of him but what is here related. He was an aged man, of distinguished piety and reputation, and was anxiously expecting the coming of the Messiah. Such an “old age” is especially honorable.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We see, in the case of Simeon — how God has a believing people even in the worst of places, and in the darkest times. Religion was at a very low ebb in Israel when Christ was born. The Old testament teachings were spoiled by the doctrines of Pharisees and Sadducees. The fine gold had become deplorably dim. Yet even then we find in the midst of Jerusalem a man "just and devout" — a man "upon whom is the Holy Spirit." It is a cheering thought, that God never leaves Himself entirely without a witness.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
ἦν	ēn	there was	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem	G2419 →
ᾧ	hō	whose	G3739 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name [was]	G3686 →
Συμεὼν	Sumeōn	Simeon	G4826 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
δίκαιος	dikaios	[was] righteous	G1342 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εὐλαβὴς	eulabēs	devout	G2126 →
προσδεχόμενος	prosdechomenos	waiting for	G4327 →
παράκλησιν	paraklēsin	[the] consolation	G3874 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰσραήλ·	Israēl	of Israel;	G2474 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	[the] Spirit	G4151 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ἅγιον	hagion	Holy	G40 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	upon	G1909 →
αὐτόν.	auton	him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…
leads to
- Psalms 27:14
  Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Genesis 49:18
  I await Your salvation, O LORD.
- Micah 7:7
  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Isaiah 26:8–9
  Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
- Revelation 19:1–7
  After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
Through
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
leads to
- Genesis 7:1
  Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Philippians 2:15
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world