Luke 2:21-27

Jesus Presented at the Temple

21 And when ¹eight days had passed, before His circumcision, ²His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

22 ³And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "⁴EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD "),

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "⁵A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS."

25 And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was ⁶righteous and devout, ⁷looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

26 And ⁸it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ⁹see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, ¹⁰to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 17:12; Leviticus 12:3; Luke 1:59
• 2. Matthew 1:21, 25; Luke 1:31
• 3. Leviticus 12:6-8
• 4. Exodus 13:2, 12; Numbers 3:13; Numbers 8:17
• 5. Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 12:8
• 6. Luke 1:6
• 7. Mark 15:43; Luke 2:38; Luke 23:51
• 8. Matthew 2:12
• 9. Psalms 89:48; John 8:51; Hebrews 11:5
• 10. Luke 2:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "so as to circumcise Him"
• [b]. I.e. Messiah
• [c]. Lit "to do for Him according to"