Luke 2:28 (WEB)
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
Catechism · 2
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“The presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn Son who belongs to the Lord.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 2:22-39; EX 13:2, 12-13.
Jesus and Israel
“It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.” — Catechism footnote: Lk 2:22-39.
Fathers and councils · 32
Irenaeus of Lyons
“They say, too, that Simeon, “who took Christ into his arms, and gave thanks to God, and said, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word,” was a type of the Demiurge, who, on the arrival of the Saviour, learned his own change of place, and gave thanks to Bythus.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 28.
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Tertullian
“And if these blessings accrue through Christ, they will not have been prophesied of another than Him through whom we consider them to have been accomplished.” — editor's note: Comp. Luke ii. 25–33.
Read the whole comment“Spare also the babe from circumcision, that he may escape the pain thereof; nor let him be brought into the temple, lest he burden his parents with the expense of the offering; nor let him be handed to Simeon, lest the old man be saddened at the point of death.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–35.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“By this Holy Ghost also it was revealed to just Symeon, that he should not see death, till he had seen the Lord’s Christ; and he received Him in his arms, and bore clear testimony in the Temple concerning Him.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 26–35.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This very right hand, this very arm, this very salvation, is our Lord Jesus Christ of whom it is said, “And all flesh shall see the salvation of God;” of whom also that Simeon who embraced the Infant in his arms, spoke, “Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.”” — editor's note: Luke ii. 28–30.
Read the whole comment“And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy Him.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 22–39.
Read the whole comment“…they had gone with Him to Jerusalem after the purification of His mother, and when those things had been performed in the temple which are recounted by Luke, inasmuch as the words which were spoken by Simeon and Anna in their prophesyings regarding Him, when publicity began to be given to them by the persons who had…” — editor's note: Luke ii. 22–39.
Read the whole comment“And Simeon and Anna were filled with the Holy Spirit, so as to acknowledge the greatness of the little child Christ.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–38
Read the whole comment“This is Christ Jesus Himself, whom old Simeon, as we read in the Gospel, embracing as a little one, yet recognizing as great, said, “Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.”” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–30.
Read the whole comment“…in the Gospel concerning the Lord Himself newly born, that Simeon by the Holy Spirit recognized Him; that Anna the widow, a prophetess, also recognized Him; that John, who baptized Him, recognized Him; that Zacharias, being filled with the Holy Ghost, said many things; that Mary herself received the Holy Ghost to…” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–38.
Read the whole comment“…Spirit that the prophets predicted the events of the future; nor was it so that the aged Simeon and the widowed Anna knew by the Holy Spirit the infant Lord; and that Zacharias and Elisabeth uttered by the Holy Spirit so many predictions concerning Him, when He was not yet born, but only conceived.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–38.
Read the whole comment“I say nothing of the aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess; of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin; of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both…” — editor's note: Luke ii. 25–38.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“Now Simeon the priest, when he took Him up in his arms to present Him before God, understood as he saw [Him] that He was not presenting Him, but was being himself presented.” — editor's note: Luke ii. 28.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
If we marvel to hear that a woman was healed by touching the hem of a garment, what must we think of Simeon, who received an Infant in his arms, and rejoiced seeing that the little one he carried was He who had come…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
When he says Lord, he confesses that He is the very Lord of both life and death, and so acknowledges the Child whom he held in his arms to be God.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
As if he said, “As long as I held not Christ, I was in prison, and could not escape from my bonds.”
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
If you examine the words of the righteous, you will find that they all sorrow over this world and its mournful delay. Alas me! says David, that my habitation is prolonged. (Ps. 120:5.)
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Observe then that this just man, confined as it were in the prison house of his earthly frame, is longing to be loosed, that he may again be with Christ. (Phil. 1:23.) But whoso would be cleansed, let him come into…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
Simeon blessed God also, because the promises made to him had received their true fulfilment. For He was reckoned worthy to see with his eyes, and to carry in his arms the consolation of Israel. And therefore he…
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
For since Christ has destroyed the enemy, which is sin, and has reconciled us to the Father, the removal of saints has been in peace.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
But who departs from this world in peace, but he who is persuaded that God was Christ reconciling the world to Himself, (2 Cor. 5.) who has nothing hostile to God, having derived to himself all peace by good works in…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
But it had been twice promised to him that he should not sec death before he should sec the Lord’s Christ, and therefore he adds, to shew that this promise was fulfilled, For mine eyes have seen thy salvation.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
Blessed are the eyes, both of thy soul and thy body. For the one visibly embrace God, but the others not considering those things which are seen, but enlightened by the brightness of the Spirit of the Lord,…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But Christ was the mystery which has been revealed in the last times of the world, having been prepared before the foundation of the world. Hence it follows, which thou hast prepared before the face of all men.
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
That is to say, the salvation wrought by Christ for the whole world. How then was it said above that he was watching for the consolation of Israel, but because he truly perceived in the spirit that consolation would…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
Mark the wisdom of the good and venerable old man, who before that he was thought worthy of the blessed vision, was waiting for the consolation of Israel, but when he obtained that which he was looking for, exclaims…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
By these words, Before the face, he signifies that our Lord’s incarnation would be visible to all men. And this salvation he says is to be the light of the Gentiles and the glory of Israel, as it follows, A light to…
Read the whole comment - Athanasius of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For the Gentiles before the coming of Christ were lying in the deepest darkness, being without the knowledge of God.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But Christ coming was made a light to them that sat in darkness, being sore oppressed by the power of the devil, but they were called by God the Father to the knowledge of His Son, Who is the true light.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
Israel was enlightened though dimly by the law, so he says not that light came to them, but his words are, to be the glory of thy people Israel. Calling to mind the ancient history, that as of old Moses after…
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He said therefore, of thy people, signifying that not only was He adored by them, but moreover of them was He born according to the flesh.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
And well is the enlightening of the Gentiles put before the glory of Israel, because when the fulness of the Gentiles shall have come in, then shall Israel be safe. (Rom 11:26.)
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory of Nyssa on Luke 2:28–32 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Basil the Great on Luke 2:28–32 (Catena Aurea).