lont - Luke:2:21-40

lont@Luke:2:21 @ On the eighth day, when the child was circumcised, they called him Jesus, the angel having given him that name, before his mother conceived him.

lont@Luke:2:22 @ And when the time of their purification was expired, they carried him to Jerusalem, as the law of Moses appoints, to present him to the Lord;

lont@Luke:2:23 @ «(as it is written in the law of God,'Every male, who is the first born of his mother, is consecrated to the Lord:')»

lont@Luke:2:24 @ and to offer the sacrifices enjoined in the law, a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

lont@Luke:2:25 @ Now there was at Jerusalem a man named Simeon, a just and religious man, who expected the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

lont@Luke:2:26 @ and had revealed to him, that he should not dies, until he had seen the Lord's Messiah.

lont@Luke:2:27 @ This man came, guided by the Spirit, into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what the law required,

lont@Luke:2:28 @ he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

lont@Luke:2:29 @ Now, Lord, thou dost in peace dismiss thy servant, according to thy word;

lont@Luke:2:30 @ for my eyes have seen the Saviour,

lont@Luke:2:31 @ whom thou hast provided in the sight of all the world,

lont@Luke:2:32 @ a luminary to enlighten the nations, and to be the glory of Israel thy people.

lont@Luke:2:33 @ And Joseph, and the mother of Jesus heard, with admiration, the things spoken concerning him.

lont@Luke:2:34 @ And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, This child is destined for the fall and the rise of many in Israel, to serve as a mark for contradiction;

lont@Luke:2:35 @ (yes, you own soul shall be pierced as with a javelin;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be disclosed.

lont@Luke:2:36 @ There was also a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, in advanced age, who had lived seven years with a husband, whom she married when a virgin;

lont@Luke:2:37 @ and being now a widow about eighty-four years, departed not from the temple, but served God in prayer and fasting night and day;

lont@Luke:2:38 @ she also coming in at that instant, gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke concerning Jesus to all those in Jerusalem who expected redemption.

lont@Luke:2:39 @ After they had performed everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

lont@Luke:2:40 @ And the child grew, and acquired strength of mind, being filled with wisdom, and adorned with a divine gracefulness.