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Luke 2:34

Weymouth NT

And while the child's father and mother were wondering at the words of Symeon concerning Him,

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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, `See this man! –given to gluttony and tippling, and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions.«

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed.«

»Sir,« they said, »we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, »This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.

On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death–because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

Seeing the crowds, the Jews, filled with angry jealousy, opposed Paul's statements and abused him.

But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. »These men,« they said, »who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.

For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against.«

The kings of the earth came near, and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against His Anointed.'«

Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified–to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,

For this man, Melchizedek, King of Salem and priest of the Most High God –he who when Abraham was returning after defeating the kings met him and pronounced a blessing on him–

And beyond all dispute it is always the inferior who is blessed by the superior.

You are to be envied, if you are being reproached for bearing the name of Christ; for in that case the Spirit of glory – even the Spirit of God– is resting upon you.




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