Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
By the Spirit - By the direction of the Spirit.
Into the temple - Into that part of the temple where the public worship was chiefly performed - into the court of the women. See the notes at Matthew 21:12.
The custom of the law - That is, to make an offering for purification, and to present him to God.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Luke 2:27:
Joel 2:28
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