Text -- Luke 2:27 (NET)

2:27 So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 2:27

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the consequential nature of the action.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Simeon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “So in the Spirit” or “So by the Spirit,” but since it refers to the Spirit’s direction the expanded translation “directed by the Spirit” is used here.

⁴ tn Grk “the temple.”

sn The temple courts is a reference to the larger temple area, not the holy place. Simeon was either in the court of the Gentiles or the court of women, since Mary was present.

⁵ tn Grk “to do for him according to the custom of the law.” See Luke 2:22-24.