Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the temple when he was eight days old as it was the custom.
They were Simeon and Anna. Both were elderly, and both were people of deep and genuine faith. The account is in Luke 2:25-38.
It was the Jewish custom to take the child to the temple.
a man who was highly educated and who was a pastor in the synagogue
There were many there on that day including the priest that received them but Simeon and Anna prophesies over the baby Jesus, (Luke2.25 to 38)
the presentation in the temple
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary went to the Temple for Mary's purification, then travelled straight back to Nazareth in Galilee.
In Matthew's Gospel, the baby Jesus left Bethlehem with his parents, bound for Egypt in order to escape the wrath of King Herod. They returned years later, after the death of Herod, but being warned in a dream, turned aside and migrated to Nazareth in Galilee. In Luke's Gospel, the baby Jesus left Bethlehem with his parents, bound for Jerusalem where he was to be presented in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish custom. They then travelled peacefully to Nazareth in Galilee, the home of Joseph and Mary.
Joseph and Mary recognized Jesus in the temple.
Jesus was presented in the temple to the priest Simon, as he was dedicated there.
AnswerThe story of the boy Jesus in the Temple is from Luke's Gospel.
The old man in the temple who at once recognized that the baby of Joseph and Mary was the Messiah, he also told Mary that a sword would Pearce your heart because of him. He also said now let your servant depart in peace. He was about 80 years old but he was sure it was the Messiah the people had waited for centuries to come.
Jesus was likely around 40 days old when he was presented at the temple in Jerusalem, following the Jewish tradition outlined in the Old Testament (Luke 2:22-24).
In the Bible, Simeon was the man in the temple who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented by Mary and Joseph at the temple in Jerusalem. Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before seeing the Messiah, and he blessed Jesus and proclaimed him as the Savior.
A:In Matthew's Gospel their journey was to Egypt, where they fled from their home in Bethlehem for fear of King Herod. They bega the return journey some years later, after the death of Herod, but turned aside and travelled instead to a city called Nazareth in Galilee. In Luke's Gospel their journey was from Nazareth to Bethlehem to Bethlehem, where Joseph was required for a census. A few days after the birth of Jesus they journeyed to Jerusalem, where they presented Jesus at the Temple, then returned peacefully to the home in Nazareth. Each year thereafter, the young family made the journey to Jerusalem for the Passover.
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The two people who witnessed the presentation of Jesus in the temple as a baby were Simeon and Anna. Simeon was a devout man who had been promised by God that he would not die before seeing the Messiah, and Anna was a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Redeemer.
They were king david and king Solomon who finished the temple.