Luke 2:34

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Summary

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Set

And rising

For a

General references

Joshua 22:6

Luke 7:23

Bible References

Set

And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.

Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

And rising

For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

For a

But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.

The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.

The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.

General references

Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.