Episode 351
351: Simeon & Anna: Waiting well (Luke 2: 22-38) || The Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional
Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer · Carey Green
December 21, 20185m 53s
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">📜 TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Luke 2:22-38</span></p>
<p><span class="text Luke-2-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord</span> <span id="en-ESV-24988" class="text Luke-2-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)</span><span id="en-ESV-24989" class="text Luke-2-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”</span> <span id="en-ESV-24990" class="text Luke-2-25"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24991" class="text Luke-2-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24992" class="text Luke-2-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,</span> <span id="en-ESV-24993" class="text Luke-2-28"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup>he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,</span></p>
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<p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-24994" class="text Luke-2-29"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>“Lord, now you are letting your servant<sup class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;" data-fn="#fen-ESV-24994e" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-24994e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]">[<a title="See footnote e" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=ESV#fen-ESV-24994e">e</a>]</sup> depart in peace,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Luke-2-29">according to your word;</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-24995" class="text Luke-2-30"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>for my eyes have seen your salvation</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span id="en-ESV-24996" class="text Luke-2-31"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,</span></span><br><span id="en-ESV-24997" class="text Luke-2-32"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>a light for revelation to the Gentiles,</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Luke-2-32">and for glory to your people Israel.”</span></span></p>
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<p class="top-1"><span id="en-ESV-24998" class="text Luke-2-33"><sup class="versenum">33 </sup>And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24999" class="text Luke-2-34"><sup class="versenum">34 </sup>And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed</span> <span id="en-ESV-25000" class="text Luke-2-35"><sup class="versenum">35 </sup>(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”</span></p>
<p><span id="en-ESV-25001" class="text Luke-2-36"><sup class="versenum">36 </sup>And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,</span><span id="en-ESV-25002" class="text Luke-2-37"><sup class="versenum">37 </sup>and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.<sup class="footnote" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;" data-fn="#fen-ESV-25002f" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-25002f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]">[<a title="See footnote f" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=ESV#fen-ESV-25002f">f</a>]</sup> She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.</span> <span id="en-ESV-25003" class="text Luke-2-38"><sup class="versenum">38 </sup>And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.</span></p>