23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord”)[a] 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what was stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”[b]

The Prophecy of Simeon

25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was[c] Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:23 An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15
  2. Luke 2:24 A quotation from Lev 5:11; 12:8
  3. Luke 2:25 Literally “to whom the name”