Luke 2:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 2:22

20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and ^apraising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

Circumcision of Jesus

21 ^aAnd when eight days were completed¹ for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called ^bJesus, the name given by the angel ^cbefore He was conceived in the womb.

Jesus Presented in the Temple

22 Now when ^athe days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 ^a(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ^b“Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, ^a“A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Simeon Sees God’s Salvation

25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, ^awaiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ^asee death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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In chapter 2, again sharing what every first-born male child would have shared with all the other first-born male children in Israel:

Incidentally, that last phrase, "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons," also gives an insight into the economic status into which He was born. They could have offered a bullock, but they obviously did not have the money, so they offered the "lowest grade" because apparently that is all that they could afford.

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