34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
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But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, …
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. …
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-40)Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we may not be offended at his being presented in the temple, like other children born in sin, and without any manner of solemnity peculiar to him, but silently, and in the crowd of other children, Simeon a…
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