Now there was in Jerusalem a man named Symeon, an upright, devout man; he was expecting to see the consolation of Israel, and he was under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Symeon also took Him in his arms and blessed God, and said:

And His father and mother kept wondering at the things spoken by Symeon about Him.

Then Symeon gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to bring the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign continuously disputed --

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,