Luke 2:33
Verse 33 of 52. The 2nd of 24 chapters in Luke, in The Gospels.
29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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Luke 2:33 in the World English Bible
Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him.Read Luke 2:33 in the WEB
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They marvelled at those things which were still more and more fully and plainly spoken concerning this child, v. 33. And because they were affected with, and had their faith strengthened by, that which was said to them, here is more said to them.
Read Matthew Henry on Luke 2:25–40: Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple.
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.