Luke 2:35 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:35

so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 2.61 (397)

Neither letter nor history teaches that Mary passed from this life by the bodily suffering of death; for it was not the soul, but the body, that was pierced by the material sword. And therefore, the prudence of Mary shows her to be not unaware of the heavenly mystery.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Yea, a sword ... - The sufferings and death of thy Son shall deeply afflict thy soul. And if Mary had not been thus forewarned and sustained by strong faith, she could not have borne the trials which came upon her Son; but God prepared her for it, and the holy mother of the dying Saviour was sustained.

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

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σοῦ	sou	of you	G4771 →
δὲ	de	also	G1161 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψυχὴν	psuchēn	soul	G5590 →
διελεύσεται	dieleusetai	will go through	G1330 →
ῥομφαία	rhomphaia	a sword —	G4501 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
ἀποκαλυφθῶσιν	apokaluphthōsin	may be revealed	G601 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	many	G4183 →
καρδιῶν	kardiōn	hearts	G2588 →
διαλογισμοί.¶	dialogismoi	[the] thoughts.	G1261 →

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
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
leads to
- James 1:3
  because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Deuteronomy 8:16
  He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Exodus 16:4
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I…
- Deuteronomy 2:7
  Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
Through
1 Corinthians 11:19
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
leads to
- 1 John 2:19
  They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…
- Titus 3:10
  Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
Through
John 19:25
Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
leads to
- Luke 23:49
  But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.