Luke 2:22-38

Jesus Presented at the Temple

22 And ¹when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem ²to present him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in ³the Law of the Lord, ⁴“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in ⁵the Law of the Lord, ⁶“a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. ”

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was ⁷righteous and ⁸devout, ⁹waiting for ¹⁰the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ¹¹see death before he had seen ¹²the Lord’s Christ.

27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when ¹³the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,

28 he took him up in his arms and ¹⁴blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant^[a] depart ¹⁵in peace, ¹⁶according to your word;

30 for ¹⁷my eyes have seen your ¹⁸salvation

31 ¹⁹that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

32 ²⁰a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and ²¹for glory to ²²your people Israel. ”

33 And ²³his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.

34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed ²⁴for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign ²⁵that is opposed

35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed. ”

36 And there was ²⁶a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. ^[b] She did not depart from the temple, ²⁷worshiping with ²⁸fasting and prayer night and day.

38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were ²⁹waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. 2:22 Lev. 12; [ver. 21, 27; Gal. 4:4]
• 2. 2:22 [1 Sam. 1:22, 24]
• 3. 2:23 ver. 39; Ex. 13:9; 2 Chr. 31:3
• 4. 2:23 [Ex. 13:2, 12]
• 5. 2:24 [See ver. 23 above]
• 6. 2:24 Cited from Lev. 12:8
• 7. 2:25 ch. 1:6
• 8. 2:25 Acts 2:5; 8:2; 22:12
• 9. 2:25 ver. 38; ch. 23:51; Isa. 25:9; Mark 15:43; [Gen. 49:18]
• 10. 2:25 Isa. 40:1; 57:18
• 11. 2:26 Ps. 89:48; John 8:51; Heb. 11:5; [Acts 2:27]
• 12. 2:26 [ch. 9:20; 23:35; 1 Sam. 24:6]
• 13. 2:27 ver. 33, 41, 43, 48-51
• 14. 2:28 ch. 1:64
• 15. 2:29 Gen. 15:15
• 16. 2:29 ver. 26
• 17. 2:30 Isa. 52:10
• 18. 2:30 See ch. 3:6
• 19. 2:31 Ps. 98:2; See ch. 24:47
• 20. 2:32 Isa. 42:6; 49:6; 52:10; 60:3; John 8:12; Acts 13:47; 26:23
• 21. 2:32 [Isa. 45:25; 46:13]
• 22. 2:32 ver. 10
• 23. 2:33 ver. 27
• 24. 2:34 [Isa. 8:14; Matt. 21:44; John 9:39; 1 Cor. 1:23, 24; 2 Cor. 2:16; 1 Pet. 2:8, 9]
• 25. 2:34 Acts 28:22
• 26. 2:36 See Ex. 15:20
• 27. 2:37 1 Tim. 5:5
• 28. 2:37 ch. 5:33; Matt. 6:16-18; Acts 13:2; 14:23; 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27
• 29. 2:38 ver. 25; See ch. 1:68

Footnotes

• [a] 2:29 Greek 'bondservant'
• [b] 2:37 Or 'as a widow for eighty-four years'