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katapi HOME Luke 2:29-49 - Song of Simeon  Odes.12.29-32- | NEB Contents | notes
2 29 'This day, Master, thou givest thy servant his discharge in peace;
now thy promise is fulfilled.
2 30 For I have seen with my own eyes
2 31 the deliverance which thou hast made ready
in full view of all the nations:
2 32 A light that will be a revelation to the heathen,
and glory to thy people Israel.'

2 33 The child's father and mother were full of wonder at what was being said about him. 2 34 Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'This child is destined to be a sign which men reject; 2 35 and you too shall be pierced to the heart. Many in Israel will stand or fall because of him, and thus the secret thoughts of many will be laid bare.'

2 36 There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was a very old woman, who had lived seven years with her husband after she was first married, 2 37 and then alone as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshipped day and night, fasting and praying. 2 38 Coming up at that very moment, she returned thanks to God; and she talked about the child to all who were looking for the liberation of Jerusalem.
- The Return to Nazareth  Lk.2.39-40 (Nazareth)

2 39 When they had done everything prescribed in the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

2 40 The child grew big and strong and full of wisdom; and God's favour was upon him. - The Boy Jesus in the Temple  Lk.2.41-52 (Jerusalem)

2 41 Now it was the practice of his parents to go to Jerusalem every year for the Passover festival; 2 42 and when he was twelve, they made the pilgrimage as usual. 2 43 When the festive season was over and they started for home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. 2 44 His parents did not know of this; but thinking that he was with the party they journeyed on for a whole day, and only then did they begin looking for him among their friends and relations. 2 45 As they could not find him they returned to Jerusalem to look for him; 2 46 and after three days they found him sitting in the temple surrounded by the teachers, listening to them and putting questions; 2 47 and all who heard him were amazed at his intelligence and the answers he gave. 2 48 His parents were astonished to see him there, and his mother said to him, 'My son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.' 2 49 'What made you search?' he said. 'Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father's house?'