Luke 2:34 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

BSB

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ASV

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

KJV

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Behold what abundant grace is extended to all men by the birth of the Lord, and how prophecy is withheld from the unbelievers, not from the righteous. Simeon also prophesies that Christ Jesus has come for the fall and rising again of many. That is, to distinguish the merits of the just and the unjust, and according to the quality of our deeds, as a true and just Judge, to decree punishment or rewards.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They had reason to rejoice, for this child should be, not only a comfort and honour to them, but a public blessing. He is set for the rising again of many in Israel, that is, for the conversion of many to God that are dead and buried in sin, and for the consolation of many in God that are sunk and lost in sorrow and despair.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

This child is set for the fall - This seems an allusion to Isa 8:14, Isa 8:15: Jehovah, God of hosts, shall be - for a stone of stumbling and rock of offense to both houses of Israel; and many among them shall stumble and fall, etc. As Christ did not come as a temporal deliverer, in which character alone the Jews expected him, the consequence should be, they would reject him, and so fall by the Romans. See Rom 11:11, Rom 11:12, and Matthew

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εὐλόγησεν	eulogēsen	blessed	G2127 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
Συμεὼν	Sumeōn	Simeon	G4826 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
Μαριὰμ	Mariam	Mary	G3137 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
μητέρα	mētera	mother	G3384 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him:	G846 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
οὗτος	houtos	this [Child]	G3778 →
κεῖται	keitai	is appointed	G2749 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
πτῶσιν	ptōsin	[the] falling	G4431 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνάστασιν	anastasin	rising up	G386 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	of many	G4183 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰσραὴλ	Israēl	Israel	G2474 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
σημεῖον	sēmeion	a sign	G4592 →
ἀντιλεγόμενον.	antilegomenon	spoken against —.	G483 →

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
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
leads to
- Isaiah 8:14–15
  And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:8
  and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 2:34–35
  As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- Daniel 2:44–45
  In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Romans 9:33
  as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Through
1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 2:2
  For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
- Galatians 5:11
  Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.