Luke 2:35 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 35. (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

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Quick Meaning

Luke 2:35 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 2:25–2:35 at Luke 2:35: “(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”.

Read It With

Luke 2:25–2:35

Read Luke 2:35 with 2:25–2:35. Luke 2:35 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 2:25–2:35 at Luke 2:35: “(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Spirit-led Simeon receives Jesus, blesses God for salvation prepared before peoples, names light for Gentiles and glory for Israel, and warns Mary that opposition will reveal hearts and pierce her soul.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Luke 2:35 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 2:25–2:35 at Luke 2:35: “(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”. This selected detail moves Luke 2:25–2:35 from its initiating question or action toward the unit's response and prepares Luke's next movement.

What Remains True

Luke 2:35 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 2:25–2:35 at Luke 2:35: “(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed”. Read inside Luke 2:25–2:35, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: Spirit-led Simeon receives Jesus, blesses God for salvation prepared before peoples, names light for Gentiles and glory for Israel, and warns Mary that opposition will reveal hearts and pierce her soul. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.

How It Can Shape Life

When teaching Luke 2:35, explain this exact contribution inside Luke 2:25–2:35, identify the unit's source-controlled uncertainty, and refuse this misuse before proposing action: Simeon's words do not erase Israel, glorify a mother's suffering, predict a modern nation-state, or license hostility toward people who oppose Christian claims.

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Read Luke 2:25–2:35 — Simeon Sees Israel's Consolation and Wider Light

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: Luke 2:25–2:35, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 2:25–2:35

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 2:25–2:35

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