emtv - Luke:2:21-40

emtv@Luke:2:21 @ And when eight days were completed, so they could circumcise Him, His name was called JESUS, the [name] given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

emtv@Luke:2:22 @ Now when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present [Him] to the Lord

emtv@Luke:2:23 @ (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD"),

emtv@Luke:2:24 @ and to offer a sacrifice according to what had been said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of doves or two young pigeons."

emtv@Luke:2:25 @ And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

emtv@Luke:2:26 @ And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

emtv@Luke:2:27 @ So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, that they might do for Him according to the custom of the law,

emtv@Luke:2:28 @ he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said:

emtv@Luke:2:29 @ "Lord, now You are releasing Your servant in peace, according to Your word;

emtv@Luke:2:30 @ for my eyes have seen Your salvation

emtv@Luke:2:31 @ which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

emtv@Luke:2:32 @ a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory to Your people Israel."

emtv@Luke:2:33 @ And Joseph and His mother were marveling at the things being spoken about Him.

emtv@Luke:2:34 @ Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

emtv@Luke:2:35 @ (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

emtv@Luke:2:36 @ Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;

emtv@Luke:2:37 @ and she [was] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

emtv@Luke:2:38 @ And coming in that instant she was giving thanks to the Lord, and was speaking about Him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.

emtv@Luke:2:39 @ So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

emtv@Luke:2:40 @ And the Child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.