Luke 2:34-36
1599 Geneva Bible
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is [a]appointed for the (A)[b]fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a [c]sign which shall be spoken against,
35 (Yea and a sword shall [d]pierce through thy soul) that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened.
36 [e]And there was a Prophetess, one Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, which was of a great age, after she had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity:
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- Luke 2:34 Is appointed and set of God for a mark.
- Luke 2:34 Fall of the reprobate, which perish through their own default: and for the rising of the elect, unto whom God shall give faith to believe.
- Luke 2:34 That is, a mark, which all men shall strive earnestly to hit.
- Luke 2:35 Shall wound and grieve most sharply.
- Luke 2:36 Another witness besides Simeon, against whom no exception may be brought, inviting all men to the receiving of the Messiah.
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