Luke 2:27-28

2:27 So ¹  Simeon, ²  directed by the Spirit, ³  came into the temple courts, ⁴  and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law, ⁵  2:28 Simeon ⁶  took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, ⁷ 

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.”

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

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Simeon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “and said.” The finite verb in Greek has been replaced with a participle in English to improve the smoothness of the translation.