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

1 Peter 2:7

And rising

For a

General references

Luke 7:23

Bible References

Set

[Everyone who falls on this stone will be shattered, and whoever it falls upon will be crushed.]"

for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

We know God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.

but our message is Christ the crucified ??a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,

I live for God as the fragrance of Christ breathed alike on those who are being saved and on those who are perishing,

Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

And rising

So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

And the word of God spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased, and a host of priests became obedient to the faith.

Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

For a

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

The kings of the earth stood ready, the rulers mustered together against the Lord and his Christ.

But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.

We think it only right to let you tell your own story; but as regards this sect, we are well aware that there are objections to it on all hands."

but our message is Christ the crucified ??a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,

Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

General references

And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"