The Greatest Life Ever Lived

A Study in the Incarnate Life of Jesus Christ

Gospels Lesson 15 : The Circumcision of Jesus / Simeon & Anna at the Temple

LUKE 2:21-38 – THE CIRCUMCISION OF EIGHT-DAY OLD JESUS – THE PURIFICATION OF MARY, FORTY DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH OF JESUS – OT REFERENCE, LEV 12 – JOSEPH AND MARY SACRIFICES ACCORDING TO THE LAW – “THE SONG OF SIMEON”, LUKE 2:29-32 – SIMEON’S “NUNC DIMITTIS” – “LORD” NOT THE USUAL WORD “KURIOS” BUT “DESPOTA”, “SLAVE-MASTER” – “RELEASE, DISCHARGE YOUR BOND-SERVANT FROM DUTY” – THE SALVATION OF THE LORD, A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THE GLORY OF ISRAEL – JESUS TO BE THE FALL AND RISING AGAIN OF MANY IN ISRAEL – NEUTRALITY REGARDING THE LORD IS IMPOSSIBLE – MARY TO BE PIERCED WITH LARGE, BROAD SWORD – THE THANKSGIVING OF THE PROPHETESS ANNA