Teks -- Luke 2:26 (NET)

2:26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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Robertson: Luk 2:26 - It had been revealed unto him

It had been revealed unto him ( ēn autōi kechrēmatismenon ).

Periphrastic past perfect passive indicative. Common Greek verb. First to transact business from chrēma and that from chraomai , to use, make use of; then to do business with public officials, to give advice (judges, rulers, kings), then to get the advice of the Delphic and other oracles (Diodorus, Plutarch). The lxx and Josephus use it of God’ s commands. A Fayum papyrus of 257 b.c. has the substantive chrēmastismos for a divine response (cf. Rom 11:4). See Deissmann, Light From the Ancient East , p. 153.

Robertson: Luk 2:26 - Before

Before ( prin ē ).

Classic Greek idiom after a negative to have subjunctive as here (only example in the N.T.) or the optative after past tense as in Act 25:16 (subjunctive changed to optative in indirect discourse). Elsewhere in the N.T. the infinitive follows prin as in Mat 1:18.

Vincent: Luk 2:26 - It was revealed

It was revealed ( ἧν κεχρηματισμένον )

Lit., it was having been revealed; i.e., it stood revealed, while he waited for the fulfilment of the revelation. The verb means primarily to have dealings with; thence to consult or debate about business matters; and so of an oracle, to give a response to one consulting it. The word here implies that the revelation to Simeon had been given in answer to prayer. See on Mat 2:12.

JFB: Luk 2:26 - revealed by the Holy Ghost

Implying, beyond all doubt, the personality of the Spirit.

JFB: Luk 2:26 - should see not death till he had seen

"sweet antithesis!" [BENGEL]. How would the one sight gild the gloom of the other! He was, probably, by this time, advanced in years.

Clarke: Luk 2:26 - It was revealed unto him

It was revealed unto him - He was divinely informed, κεχρηματισμενον - he had an express communication from God concerning the subject. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him. The soul of a righteous and devout man is a proper habitation for the Holy Spirit

Clarke: Luk 2:26 - He should not see death

He should not see death - They that seek shall find: it is impossible that a man who is earnestly seeking the salvation of God, should be permitted to die without finding it

Clarke: Luk 2:26 - The Lord’ s Christ

The Lord’ s Christ - Rather, the Lord’ s anointed. That prophet, priest, and king, who was typified by so many anointed persons under the old covenant; and who was appointed to come in the fullness of time, to accomplish all that was written in the law, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning him. See the note on Luk 2:11.

TSK: Luk 2:26 - it // see death // the Lord’ s

it : Psa 25:14; Amo 3:7

see death : Ιδειν τον θανατον , to see death, is a Hebraism for to die, exactly corresponding to יראה מות . Psa 89:49; Luk 9:27; Psa 89:48; Joh 8:51; Heb 11:5

the Lord’ s : Psa 2:2, Psa 2:6; Isa 61:1; Dan 9:24-26; Joh 1:41, Joh 4:29, Joh 20:31; Act 2:36, Act 9:20; Act 10:38, Act 17:3; Heb 1:8, Heb 1:9

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Poole: Luk 2:25-28 - A just man, and devout // And it was revealed unto him, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’ s Christ

Ver. 25-28. Interpreters have spent much pains in fortifying their conjectures (for they can be no more) that this Simeon was Rabban Simeon, the son of Hillel, the father of Gamaliel, but to what purpose I cannot tell; it can hardly be thought that a man of that note should do such a thing as this so openly, and no more notice be taken of him. That which Calvin, and Brentius, and other Reformed divines do think is much more probable, that he was some ordinary, plain man, of an obscure quality as to his circumstances in the world. There was a general expectation of the Messias at this time, but very few had a right notion of him, but lived in a vain expectation of I know not what secular prince, who should bring them a temporal deliverance. These few were scarce any of them of their rabbis or rabbans, but a poor despised sort of people, whom those great doctors counted accursed, Joh 7:48,49 . The revelations of Christ were to none of the Pharisees, but to Joseph, a carpenter, to Mary, a despised virgin, though of the house of David, to an ordinary priest, Zacharias, to shepherds; and why we should fancy this Simeon a principal doctor I cannot tell. The evangelist gives him his highest title,

A just man, and devout and one that waited

for the consolation of Israel One of the remnant, according to the election of grace, mentioned by the apostle; a holy and righteous man, one who waited for the consolation of Israel. Which is the same in sense with the character given of Joseph of Arimathea, Luk 23:51 , that waited for the kingdom of God. Simeon waited for Christ, that is meant by the consolation of Israel. For it is very observable, that the prophets ordinarily comforted the people of God amongst the Jews, against all their sad tidings they brought them, with the prophecies of the coming and kingdom of Christ, Isa 66:13 Jer 31:13 Zec 1:17 . Herein old Simeon showed the truth of his piety and devotion, that he believed and waited for the coming of Christ; he had a true notion of the Messiah promised, he believed that he should come, and he waited for his coming.

And it was revealed unto him, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’ s Christ: God by the Holy Ghost gave him this special revelation, as the reward of his faith and the answer of his prayers, that he should live to see Christ born. The same Holy Spirit moved him to go into the temple, at that very time when Joseph and Mary brought in Christ, to present him to the Lord according to the law, and (though it be not expressed) certainly the same Spirit did intimate to him that that Child was the Lord’ s Christ. The old man takes him up in his arms, blesseth God, and saith, Luk 2:29-32

Haydock: Luk 2:26 - And he had received an answer, ... that he should not see death

And he had received an answer, ... that he should not see death; i.e. die. (Witham)

Gill: Luk 2:26 - And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost // that he should not see death; // before he had seen the Lord's Christ

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,.... Not in a dream, as the wise men were warned, nor by an angel, as Joseph, nor by a voice from heaven, which the Jews call "Bath Kol", but by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, enlightening his understanding, and impressing on his mind:

that he should not see death; an Hebraism, see it in Psa 89:48 the same with the phrase, "to taste death", elsewhere used; and the sense is, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "that he should not die"; or as the Persic version, "that his death should not be"; as yet: he should live some time longer; nor should that messenger be sent to remove him, though a man in years, out of time into eternity,

before he had seen the Lord's Christ: with his bodily eyes: for he had seen him with an eye of faith already, and in the promise, as Abraham had; and in the types and sacrifices of the law, as the rest of believers under the Old Testament. The Messiah is called the Lord's Christ, referring to Psa 2:2 because he was anointed by Jehovah, the Father, and with Jehovah, the Spirit; with the Holy Ghost, the oil of gladness, to be prophet, priest, and king, in the Lord's house. So the Messiah is by the Targumist called, the Messiah of Jehovah, or Jehovah's Messiah; that is as here, the Lord's Christ: thus in the Targum on Isa 4:2 it is said,

"in that time, משיחא דיי, "Jehovah's Messiah", shall be for joy and for glory.

And on Isa 28:5 the paraphrase is,

"at that time, משיחא דיי, "the Messiah of the Lord" of hosts shall be for a crown of joy, and for a diadem of praise to the rest of his people.

Compare these paraphrases with what is said of Christ, in Luk 2:32. "The glory of thy people Israel"; Simeon's language exactly agrees with the Targumist. The Persic version adds, "and with this hope he passed his time, or age, and became very old and decrepit."