And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
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Gill's Exposition
And he came by the Spirit into the temple,.... By the same Spirit of God, that revealed the above to him. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the Spirit brought him into the temple": but Simeon was not…
Barnes' Notes
By the Spirit - By the direction of the Spirit. Into the temple - Into that part of the temple where the public worship was chiefly performed - into the court of the women. See the notes at Mat 21:12.…
Adam Clarke
He came by the Spirit into the temple - Probably he had in view the prophecy of Malachi, Mal 3:1, The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple. In this messenger of the covenant, the soul…
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…
Cambridge Bible
by the Spirit Rather, in the Spirit.
brought in the child The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy (vi.) says that he saw Him shining like a pillar of light in His mother's arms, which is probably derived…
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