then Simeon gave them his benediction, and said to Mary his mother, "the child you now see, shall occasion many in Israel to fall and rise again; he will be the Object of calumny,

when a man that is stout and well arm'd guards his palace, his possessions are safe.

do you imagine that my coming will produce peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division.

so that the people were divided in their opinions about him.

Part

some believed what he had said, but others did not believe:

Apostles

but Paul and Barnabas being appriz'd of it, tore their clothes, and throwing themselves among the crowd,

as they were ministring to the Lord, and fasting, the holy spirit said to them, separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have destin'd them.

have not we the liberty to take a christian woman with us in our travels, as well as the rest of the apostles, as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas did?

General references

for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.

so that the people were divided in their opinions about him.

There was another schism therefore among the Jews, occasion'd by this discourse.

but they that were dispers'd, preach'd the gospel wherever they went.

some believed what he had said, but others did not believe: