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Ahaz, the evil king of Judah, "Took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord", and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria, to hire him to fight against Judah's enemies. How little he regarded the things of the Lord! Ahaz also desecrated the holy Temple, with his import of an altar built to a pattern seen in Damascus. He even converted a part of the temple to become a place for the king of Assyria.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
As we read the account of Ahaz's reign, we feel that there is a strong exhortation for those of us who live in the affluent societies of the 21st. century. We would suggest that the great increase of worldly wealth and luxury during the reigns of Azariah and Jotham introduced a large number of corruptions, which, during the Ahaz's reign, and by the influence of Ahaz, brought forth the idolatrous practices which prevailed in all parts of his kingdom (2Chron 28:24). Let each one of us be aware of the potential dangers of wealth and of luxurious living.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to John
Exerpts from The Christadelphian, Vol 42 (1905):
What was the brazen altar in its symbolic representation? It was a type of Christ. “We have an altar,” says Paul, “of which they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle” (Heb. 13:10). That is Jesus. The displacement of the altar by Ahaz then amounted to a symbolic proclamation of the doctrine now so popular among nominal Christians, namely, that men can approach God in acceptable worship otherwise than by the Christ-altar, approached by the antitypical baptismal “laver of regeneration” (Titus 3:5), through faith and obedience. Hezekiah’s thorough-going destruction of his father’s abominations, and his whole-hearted restitution of the worship of God’s appointment (see Kings and Chronicles), was a symbolic revival of the truth, and we can imagine how pleasing to God such a course must have been. It is a great encouragement to us in these days, when in toilsome endeavour we are set to uphold the truth of God in the midst of an apostate world. God will certainly prosper us in the work, as He did Hezekiah, in proportion as we, like him, “do that which is right in his eyes.”
Then Ahaz “cut off the borders of the bases and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it and put it upon a pavement of stones.” Here again is a symbolic destruction of the truth. The laver of brass in tabernacle and temple was symbolic of Christ. Brass is a yellow alloy made in the fiery furnace—the colourof gold, but of inferior value. It is the divine symbol of the flesh in sacrificial manifestation. As Aaron and his sons washed their hands and feet at the laver when they went into the tabernacle or came near the altar, so the true worshippers of the Father, in spirit and in truth, wash at the Christ-laver in being baptized into him, and so are in the tabernacle—in the altar—and if slain for their testimony are represented as “souls under the altar.” All this Ahaz symbolically repudiated in his sacrilegious enterprises in Jerusalem. He became, as it were, an early champion of “the great unwashed”—“the generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.” The truth’s mission is a perpetual protest against such, involving much hatred and contempt. There is always a danger of taking the Ahaz course. Let us not weary in well doing. Remember the inglorious end of the champion of apostacy, and the glorious future of “the Son of David,” who has come and is to come. The truth replaces the displaced “laver of regeneration,” which has figuratively been taken away by Christendom just as effectively as Ahaz of old took away the literal lavers of Solomon’s temple.
Then again, there was the “sea” of brass taken off its twelve brazen oxen and put upon “a pavement of stones.” What was this but a typical destruction of the whole “hope of Israel.” God proposes the salvation of the world through Israelwith an “everlasting salvation,” of which Gentiles are invited to partake on condition of becoming “Israelites indeed” through thesacrifice of Christ in faith and obedience. Those who are seen by John in Patmos standing in victory on the sea of glass, having been mingled with fire, “sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb” (Rev 15). “The Lamb” is otherwise represented by the sacrificial oxen of the Mosaic economy. It all rests upon him.The world, or the kingdom of men, has no such foundation. Its “troubled sea” of nations is founded on nothing better than human device, a mere “pavement of stones.” Here, again, Ahaz is (unwittingly, no doubt) a champion of the popular doctrines of the apostacy, viz., that all men can be saved in their own way; and that the “tribal theology of Israel,” as they call it, is a piece of bigotry to be scouted and held in contempt; and that the notion that “salvation is of the Jews” is absurd. It matters not that they condemn Christ himself: that is now considered a light matter. It is for the truth to insist on the truth, and the facts of history are always on its side, and will be so more and more till Israel’s “sea of glass” is at last a fact in the earth.
Joshua Carmody [Eastern Suburbs] Comment added in 2013 Reply to Joshua
16:4 sacrificing under every green tree mimics the behaviour of the nations that Israel were to remove form the land of Canaan – Deut 12:2. So we see that truly those nations were thorns and pricks to Israel Num 33:55.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2021 Reply to Peter
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1. In the seventeenth <7651> <6240> <8141> year <8141> of Pekah <6492> the son <1121> of Remaliah <7425> Ahaz <271> the son <1121> of Jotham <3147> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began to reign <4427>(8804).
2. Twenty <6242> years <8141> old <1121> was Ahaz <271> when he began to reign <4427>(8800), and reigned <4427>(8804) sixteen <8337> <6240> years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>, and did <6213>(8804) not that which was right <3477> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068> his God <430>, like David <1732> his father <1>.
3. But he walked <3212>(8799) in the way <1870> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>, yea, and made his son <1121> to pass through <5674>(8689) the fire <784>, according to the abominations <8441> of the heathen <1471>, whom the LORD <3068> cast out <3423>(8689) from before <6440> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>.
4. And he sacrificed <2076>(8762) and burnt incense <6999>(8762) in the high places <1116>, and on the hills <1389>, and under every green <7488> tree <6086>.
5. Then Rezin <7526> king <4428> of Syria <758> and Pekah <6492> son <1121> of Remaliah <7425> king <4428> of Israel <3478> came up <5927>(8799) to Jerusalem <3389> to war <4421>: and they besieged <6696>(8799) Ahaz <271>, but could <3201>(8804) not overcome <3898>(8736) him.
6. At that time <6256> Rezin <7526> king <4428> of Syria <758> recovered <7725>(8689) Elath <359> to Syria <758>(8675) <130>, and drave <5394>(8762) the Jews <3064> from Elath <359>: and the Syrians <726> came <935>(8804) to Elath <359>, and dwelt <3427>(8799) there unto this day <3117>.
7. So Ahaz <271> sent <7971>(8799) messengers <4397> to Tiglathpileser <8407> king <4428> of Assyria <804>, saying <559>(8800), I am thy servant <5650> and thy son <1121>: come up <5927>(8798), and save <3467>(8685) me out of the hand <3709> of the king <4428> of Syria <758>, and out of the hand <3709> of the king <4428> of Israel <3478>, which rise up <6965>(8801) against me.
8. And Ahaz <271> took <3947>(8799) the silver <3701> and gold <2091> that was found <4672>(8737) in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and in the treasures <214> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, and sent <7971>(8799) it for a present <7810> to the king <4428> of Assyria <804>.
9. And the king <4428> of Assyria <804> hearkened <8085>(8799) unto him: for the king <4428> of Assyria <804> went up <5927>(8799) against Damascus <1834>, and took <8610>(8799) it, and carried the people of it captive <1540>(8686) to Kir <7024>, and slew <4191>(8689) Rezin <7526>.
10. And king <4428> Ahaz <271> went <3212>(8799) to Damascus <1834> to meet <7125>(8800) Tiglathpileser <8407> king <4428> of Assyria <804>, and saw <7200>(8799) an altar <4196> that was at Damascus <1834>: and king <4428> Ahaz <271> sent <7971>(8799) to Urijah <223> the priest <3548> the fashion <1823> of the altar <4196>, and the pattern <8403> of it, according to all the workmanship <4639> thereof.
11. And Urijah <223> the priest <3548> built <1129>(8799) an altar <4196> according to all that king <4428> Ahaz <271> had sent <7971>(8804) from Damascus <1834>: so Urijah <223> the priest <3548> made <6213>(8804) it against king <4428> Ahaz <271> came <935>(8800) from Damascus <1834>.
12. And when the king <4428> was come <935>(8799) from Damascus <1834>, the king <4428> saw <7200>(8799) the altar <4196>: and the king <4428> approached <7126>(8799) to the altar <4196>, and offered <5927>(8686) thereon.
13. And he burnt <6999>(8686) his burnt offering <5930> and his meat offering <4503>, and poured <5258>(8686) his drink offering <5262>, and sprinkled <2236>(8799) the blood <1818> of his peace offerings <8002>, upon the altar <4196>.
14. And he brought <7126>(8686) also the brasen <5178> altar <4196>, which was before <6440> the LORD <3068>, from the forefront <6440> of the house <1004>, from between the altar <4196> and the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and put <5414>(8799) it on the north <6828> side <3409> of the altar <4196>.
15. And king <4428> Ahaz <271> commanded <6680>(8762) Urijah <223> the priest <3548>, saying <559>(8800), Upon the great <1419> altar <4196> burn <6999>(8685) the morning <1242> burnt offering <5930>, and the evening <6153> meat offering <4503>, and the king's <4428> burnt sacrifice <5930>, and his meat offering <4503>, with the burnt offering <5930> of all the people <5971> of the land <776>, and their meat offering <4503>, and their drink offerings <5262>; and sprinkle <2236>(8799) upon it all the blood <1818> of the burnt offering <5930>, and all the blood <1818> of the sacrifice <2077>: and the brasen <5178> altar <4196> shall be for me to enquire <1239>(8763) by.
16. Thus did <6213>(8799) Urijah <223> the priest <3548>, according to all that king <4428> Ahaz <271> commanded <6680>(8765).
17. And king <4428> Ahaz <271> cut off <7112>(8762) the borders <4526> of the bases <4350>, and removed <5493>(8686) the laver <3595> from off them; and took down <3381>(8689) the sea <3220> from off the brasen <5178> oxen <1241> that were under it, and put <5414>(8799) it upon a pavement <4837> of stones <68>.
18. And the covert <4329>(8675) <4329> for the sabbath <7676> that they had built <1129>(8804) in the house <1004>, and the king's <4428> entry <3996> without <2435>, turned <5437>(8689) he from the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> for <6440> the king <4428> of Assyria <804>.
19. Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Ahaz <271> which he did <6213>(8804), are they not written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> <3117> of the kings <4428> of Judah <3063>?
20. And Ahaz <271> slept <7901>(8799) with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912>(8735) with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732>: and Hezekiah <2396> his son <1121> reigned <4427>(8799) in his stead.
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The fact that Ezekiel, in the land of Babylon, is still warning of impending punishment upon the land of Israel implies that there was communication between Israel and Babylon. Also those who were in Babylon we still being warned that the captivity that they were experiencing was only part of the story. The rest of the nation were going to be punished also.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
JUDGED BY YOUR ACTIONS
Similar threats have been made against the people living in our generation. Of all generations, ours is living in the time closest to the return of Christ, but at the same time, in our western culture at least, people are turning away from God in droves. The new religion of Self is fast taking over from Christianity.
With the worship of self, moral standards have fled, everything is permissible as long as I think it is ok and no one gets hurt by it. No one is to force any other religion at me - especially Christianity, and we apparently got here by chance and not design.
But the time will come when the dreadful end time prophecies will be fulfilled. They will be days like the days of Noah and Sodom, when people will not want to hear God's message, but will hear it anyway, even though they choose not to listen. And when it all happens, as it was about to happen in Ezekiel's day, then we will all know that the LORD is God.
That's what the people of Ezekiel's time were to know when disaster came upon them, and that is what our generation will also have to learn the hard way.
But let's get personal - what about ourselves? Will we be forced to acknowledge God? Or are we making it our priority to honour and fear Him now?
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Robert
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1. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came unto me, saying <559>(8800),
2. Son <1121> of man <120>, set <7760>(8798) thy face <6440> toward the mountains <2022> of Israel <3478>, and prophesy <5012>(8734) against them,
3. And say <559>(8804), Ye mountains <2022> of Israel <3478>, hear <8085>(8798) the word <1697> of the Lord <136> GOD <3069>; Thus saith <559>(8804) the Lord <136> GOD <3069> to the mountains <2022>, and to the hills <1389>, to the rivers <650>, and to the valleys <1516>; Behold, I, even I, will bring <935>(8688) a sword <2719> upon you, and I will destroy <6>(8765) your high places <1116>.
4. And your altars <4196> shall be desolate <8074>(8738), and your images <2553> shall be broken <7665>(8738): and I will cast down <5307>(8689) your slain <2491> men before <6440> your idols <1544>.
5. And I will lay <5414>(8804) the dead carcases <6297> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478> before <6440> their idols <1544>; and I will scatter <2219>(8765) your bones <6106> round about <5439> your altars <4196>.
6. In all your dwellingplaces <4186> the cities <5892> shall be laid waste <2717>(8799), and the high places <1116> shall be desolate <3456>(8799); that your altars <4196> may be laid waste <2717>(8799) and made desolate <816>(8799), and your idols <1544> may be broken <7665>(8738) and cease <7673>(8738), and your images <2553> may be cut down <1438>(8738), and your works <4639> may be abolished <4229>(8738).
7. And the slain <2491> shall fall <5307>(8804) in the midst <8432> of you, and ye shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>.
8. Yet will I leave a remnant <3498>(8689), that ye may have some that shall escape <6412> the sword <2719> among the nations <1471>, when ye shall be scattered <2219>(8736) through the countries <776>.
9. And they that escape <6412> of you shall remember <2142>(8804) me among the nations <1471> whither they shall be carried captives <7617>(8738), because I am broken <7665>(8738) with their whorish <2181>(8802) heart <3820>, which hath departed <5493>(8804) from me, and with their eyes <5869>, which go a whoring <2181>(8802) after <310> their idols <1544>: and they shall lothe <6962>(8738) themselves <6440> for the evils <7451> which they have committed <6213>(8804) in all their abominations <8441>.
10. And they shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>, and that I have not said <1696>(8765) in vain <2600> that I would do <6213>(8800) this evil <7451> unto them.
11. Thus saith <559>(8804) the Lord <136> GOD <3069>; Smite <5221>(8685) with thine hand <3709>, and stamp <7554>(8798) with thy foot <7272>, and say <559>(8798), Alas <253> for all the evil <7451> abominations <8441> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478>! for they shall fall <5307>(8799) by the sword <2719>, by the famine <7458>, and by the pestilence <1698>.
12. He that is far off <7350> shall die <4191>(8799) of the pestilence <1698>; and he that is near <7138> shall fall <5307>(8799) by the sword <2719>; and he that remaineth <7604>(8737) and is besieged <5341>(8803) shall die <4191>(8799) by the famine <7458>: thus will I accomplish <3615>(8765) my fury <2534> upon them.
13. Then shall ye know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>, when their slain <2491> men shall be among <8432> their idols <1544> round about <5439> their altars <4196>, upon every high <7311>(8802) hill <1389>, in all the tops <7218> of the mountains <2022>, and under every green <7488> tree <6086>, and under every thick <5687> oak <424>, the place <4725> where they did offer <5414>(8804) sweet <5207> savour <7381> to all their idols <1544>.
14. So will I stretch out <5186>(8804) my hand <3027> upon them, and make <5414>(8804) the land <776> desolate <8077>, yea, more desolate <4923> than the wilderness <4057> toward Diblath <1689>, in all their habitations <4186>: and they shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>.
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2:46 they found [Jesus] in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions
I wonder whether these teachers later set about to kill Jesus about 20 years later. Annas and Caiaphas may have been among these teachers.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. And <1161> it came to pass <1096>(5633) in <1722> those <1565> days <2250>, that there went out <1831>(5627) a decree <1378> from <3844> Caesar <2541> Augustus <828>, that all <3956> the world <3625> should be taxed <583>(5729).
2. (And this <3778> taxing <582> was <1096> <0> first <4413> made <1096>(5633) when Cyrenius <2958> was governor <2230>(5723) of Syria <4947>.)
3. And <2532> all <3956> went <4198>(5711) to be taxed <583>(5745), every one <1538> into <1519> his own <2398> city <4172>.
4. And <1161> Joseph <2501> also <2532> went up <305>(5627) from <575> Galilee <1056>, out of <1537> the city <4172> of Nazareth <3478>, into <1519> Judaea <2449>, unto the city <4172> of David <1138>, which <3748> is called <2564>(5743) Bethlehem <965>; (because <1223> he was <1511>(5750) of <1537> the house <3624> and <2532> lineage <3965> of David <1138>:)
5. To be taxed <583>(5670) with <4862> Mary <3137> his <846> espoused <3423>(5772) wife <1135>, being <5607>(5752) great with child <1471>.
6. And <1161> so it was <1096>(5633), that, while <1722> they <846> were <1511>(5750) there <1563>, the days <2250> were accomplished <4130>(5681) that she <846> should be delivered <5088>(5629).
7. And <2532> she brought forth <5088>(5627) her <848> firstborn <4416> son <5207>, and <2532> wrapped <4683> <0> him <846> in swaddling clothes <4683>(5656), and <2532> laid <347>(5656) him <846> in <1722> a manger <5336>; because <1360> there was <2258>(5713) no <3756> room <5117> for them <846> in <1722> the inn <2646>.
8. And <2532> there were <2258>(5713) in <1722> the same <846> country <5561> shepherds <4166> abiding in the field <63>(5723), <2532> keeping <5442>(5723) watch <5438> over <1909> their <848> flock <4167> by night <3571>.
9. And <2532>, lo <2400>(5628), the angel <32> of the Lord <2962> came upon <2186>(5627) them <846>, and <2532> the glory <1391> of the Lord <2962> shone round about <4034>(5656) them <846>: and <2532> they were sore <3173> afraid <5399>(5675) <5401>.
10. And <2532> the angel <32> said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Fear <5399>(5737) not <3361>: for <1063>, behold <2400>(5628), I bring <2097> <0> you <5213> good tidings <2097>(5731) of great <3173> joy <5479>, which <3748> shall be <2071>(5704) to all <3956> people <2992>.
11. For <3754> unto you <5213> is born <5088>(5681) this day <4594> in <1722> the city <4172> of David <1138> a Saviour <4990>, which <3739> is <2076>(5748) Christ <5547> the Lord <2962>.
12. And <2532> this <5124> shall be a sign <4592> unto you <5213>; Ye shall find <2147>(5692) the babe <1025> wrapped in swaddling clothes <4683>(5772), lying <2749>(5740) in <1722> a manger <5336>.
13. And <2532> suddenly <1810> there was <1096>(5633) with <4862> the angel <32> a multitude <4128> of the heavenly <3770> host <4756> praising <134>(5723) God <2316>, and <2532> saying <3004>(5723),
14. Glory <1391> to God <2316> in <1722> the highest <5310>, and <2532> on <1909> earth <1093> peace <1515>, good will <2107> toward <1722> men <444>.
15. And <2532> it came to pass <1096>(5633), as <5613> the angels <32> were gone away <565>(5627) from <575> them <846> into <1519> heaven <3772>, <2532> the shepherds <444> <4166> said <2036>(5627) one <240> <0> to <4314> another <240>, Let us <1330> <0> now <1211> go <1330>(5632) even unto <2193> Bethlehem <965>, and <2532> see <1492>(5632) this <5124> thing <4487> which is come to pass <1096>(5756), which <3588> the Lord <2962> hath made known <1107>(5656) unto us <2254>.
16. And <2532> they came <2064>(5627) with haste <4692>(5660), and <2532> <5037> found <429>(5627) Mary <3137>, and <2532> Joseph <2501>, and <2532> the babe <1025> lying <2749>(5740) in <1722> a manger <5336>.
17. And <1161> when they had seen <1492>(5631) it, they made known abroad <1232>(5656) the saying <4012> <4487> which <3588> was told <2980>(5685) them <846> concerning <4012> this <5127> child <3813>.
18. And <2532> all <3956> they that heard <191>(5660) it wondered <2296>(5656) at <4012> those things which <3588> were told <2980>(5685) them <4314> <846> by <5259> the shepherds <4166>.
19. But <1161> Mary <3137> kept <4933>(5707) all <3956> these things <4487> <5023>, and pondered <4820>(5723) them in <1722> her <848> heart <2588>.
20. And <2532> the shepherds <4166> returned <1994>(5656), glorifying <1392>(5723) and <2532> praising <134>(5723) God <2316> for <1909> all the things <3956> that <3739> they had heard <191>(5656) and <2532> seen <1492>(5627), as <2531> it was told <2980>(5681) unto <4314> them <846>.
21. And <2532> when <3753> eight <3638> days <2250> were accomplished <4130>(5681) for the circumcising <4059>(5629) of the child <3813>, <2532> his <846> name <3686> was called <2564>(5681) JESUS <2424>, which <3588> was so named <2564>(5685) of <5259> the angel <32> before <4253> he <846> was conceived <4815>(5683) in <1722> the womb <2836>.
22. And <2532> when <3753> the days <2250> of her <846> purification <2512> according <2596> to the law <3551> of Moses <3475> were accomplished <4130>(5681), they brought <321>(5627) him <846> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>, to present <3936>(5658) him to the Lord <2962>;
23. (As <2531> it is written <1125>(5769) in <1722> the law <3551> of the Lord <2962>, <3754> Every <3956> male <730> that openeth <1272>(5723) the womb <3388> shall be called <2564>(5701) holy <40> to the Lord <2962>;)
24. And <2532> to offer <1325>(5629) a sacrifice <2378> according <2596> to that which is said <2046>(5772) in <1722> the law <3551> of the Lord <2962>, A pair <2201> of turtledoves <5167>, or <2228> two <1417> young <3502> pigeons <4058>.
25. And <2532>, behold <2400>(5628), there was <2258>(5713) a man <444> in <1722> Jerusalem <2419>, whose <3739> name <3686> was Simeon <4826>; and <2532> the same <3778> man <444> was just <1342> and <2532> devout <2126>, waiting <4327>(5740) for the consolation <3874> of Israel <2474>: and <2532> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> was <2258>(5713) upon <1909> him <846>.
26. And <2532> it was <2258>(5713) revealed <5537>(5772) unto him <846> by <5259> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151>, that he should <1492> <0> not <3361> see <1492>(5629) death <2288>, before <4250> <2228> he had seen <1492>(5632) the Lord's <2962> Christ <5547>.
27. And <2532> he came <2064>(5627) by <1722> the Spirit <4151> into <1519> the temple <2411>: and <2532> when the parents <1118> brought <1521>(5629) in <1722> the child <3813> Jesus <2424>, to do <4160>(5658) for <4012> him <846> after <2596> the custom <1480>(5772) of the law <3551>,
28. Then <2532> took he <1209> <0> him <846> up <1209>(5662) in <1519> his <848> arms <43>, and <2532> blessed <2127>(5656) God <2316>, and <2532> said <2036>(5627),
29. Lord <1203>, now <3568> lettest thou <630> <0> thy <4675> servant <1401> depart <630>(5719) in <1722> peace <1515>, according <2596> to thy <4675> word <4487>:
30. For <3754> mine <3450> eyes <3788> have seen <1492>(5627) thy <4675> salvation <4992>,
31. Which <3739> thou hast prepared <2090>(5656) before <2596> the face <4383> of all <3956> people <2992>;
32. A light <5457> to <1519> lighten <602> the Gentiles <1484>, and <2532> the glory <1391> of thy <4675> people <2992> Israel <2474>.
33. And <2532> Joseph <2501> and <2532> his <846> mother <3384> marvelled <2258>(5713) <2296>(5723) at <1909> those things which were spoken <2980>(5746) of <4012> him <846>.
34. And <2532> Simeon <4826> blessed <2127>(5656) them <846>, and <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> Mary <3137> his <846> mother <3384>, Behold <2400>(5628), this <3778> child is set <2749>(5736) for <1519> the fall <4431> and <2532> rising again <386> of many <4183> in <1722> Israel <2474>; and <2532> for <1519> a sign <4592> which shall be spoken against <483>(5746);
35. (Yea <1161>, a sword <4501> shall pierce through <1330>(5695) thy own <4675> soul <5590> also <2532>,) that <3704> the thoughts <1261> of <1537> many <4183> hearts <2588> <302> may be revealed <601>(5686).
36. And <2532> there was <2258>(5713) one Anna <451>, a prophetess <4398>, the daughter <2364> of Phanuel <5323>, of <1537> the tribe <5443> of Aser <768>: she <3778> was of a great <4183> <1722> age <2250> <4260>(5761), and had lived <2198>(5660) with <3326> an husband <435> seven <2033> years <2094> from <575> her <848> virginity <3932>;
37. And <2532> she <3778> was a widow <5503> of about <5613> fourscore <3589> and four <5064> years <2094>, which <3739> departed <868>(5711) not <3756> from <575> the temple <2411>, but served <3000>(5723) God with fastings <3521> and <2532> prayers <1162> night <3571> and <2532> day <2250>.
38. And <2532> she <3778> coming in <2186>(5631) that <846> instant <5610> gave thanks likewise <437>(5711) unto the Lord <2962>, and <2532> spake <2980>(5707) of <4012> him <846> to all <3956> them that looked <4327>(5740) for redemption <3085> in <1722> Jerusalem <2419>.
39. And <2532> when <5613> they had performed <5055>(5656) all things <537> according <2596> to the law <3551> of the Lord <2962>, they returned <5290>(5656) into <1519> Galilee <1056>, to <1519> their own <848> city <4172> Nazareth <3478>.
40. And <1161> the child <3813> grew <837>(5707), and <2532> waxed strong <2901>(5712) in spirit <4151>, filled <4137>(5746) with wisdom <4678>: and <2532> the grace <5485> of God <2316> was <2258>(5713) upon <1909> him <846>.
41. Now <2532> his parents <1118> went <4198>(5711) to <1519> Jerusalem <2419> every <2596> year <2094> at the feast <1859> of the passover <3957>.
42. And <2532> when <3753> he was <1096>(5633) twelve <1427> years old <2094>, they <846> went up <305>(5631) to <1519> Jerusalem <2414> after <2596> the custom <1485> of the feast <1859>.
43. And <2532> when they had fulfilled <5048>(5660) the days <2250>, as <1722> they <846> returned <5290>(5721), the child <3816> Jesus <2424> tarried behind <5278>(5656) in <1722> Jerusalem <2419>; and <2532> Joseph <2501> and <2532> his <846> mother <3384> knew <1097>(5627) not <3756> of it.
44. But <1161> they, supposing <3543>(5660) him <846> to have been <1511>(5750) in <1722> the company <4923>, went <2064>(5627) a day's <2250> journey <3598>; and <2532> they sought <327>(5707) him <846> among <1722> their kinsfolk <4773> and <2532> <1722> acquaintance <1110>.
45. And <2532> when they found <2147>(5631) him <846> not <3361>, they turned back again <5290>(5656) to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>, seeking <2212>(5723) him <846>.
46. And <2532> it came to pass <1096>(5633), that after <3326> three <5140> days <2250> they found <2147>(5627) him <846> in <1722> the temple <2411>, sitting <2516>(5740) in <1722> the midst <3319> of the doctors <1320>, both <2532> hearing <191>(5723) them <846>, and <2532> asking <1905> <0> them <846> questions <1905>(5723).
47. And <1161> all <3956> that heard <191>(5723) him <846> were astonished <1839>(5710) at <1909> his <846> understanding <4907> and <2532> answers <612>.
48. And <2532> when they saw <1492>(5631) him <846>, they were amazed <1605>(5648): and <2532> his <846> mother <3384> said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> him <846>, Son <5043>, why <5101> hast thou <4160> <0> thus <3779> dealt <4160>(5656) with us <2254>? behold <2400>(5628), thy <4675> father <3962> and I <2504> have sought <2212>(5707) thee <4571> sorrowing <3600>(5746).
49. And <2532> he said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, How <5101> is it that <3754> ye sought <2212>(5707) me <3165>? wist ye <1492>(5715) not <3756> that <3754> I <3165> must <1163>(5748) be <1511>(5750) about <1722> my <3450> Father's business <3962>?
50. And <2532> they understood <4920>(5656) not <3756> the saying <4487> which <3739> he spake <2980>(5656) unto them <846>.
51. And <2532> he went down <2597>(5627) with <3326> them <846>, and <2532> came <2064>(5627) to <1519> Nazareth <3478>, and <2532> was <2258>(5713) subject <5293>(5746) unto them <846>: but <2532> his <846> mother <3384> kept <1301>(5707) all <3956> these <5023> sayings <4487> in <1722> her <848> heart <2588>.
52. And <2532> Jesus <2424> increased <4298>(5707) in wisdom <4678> and <2532> stature <2244>, and <2532> in favour <5485> with <3844> God <2316> and <2532> man <444>.