34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary (A)His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for (B)the fall and [a]rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:34 Or resurrection

and,

(A)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

(B)for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (C)and to this doom they were also appointed.

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