How old was Simeon when he saw Jesus in the temple?

Answer 1

Over two hundred years

Answer 2

The Bible does not explicitly say how old Jesus was at the time, but Luke 2:22 locates this event as happening "when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses." A woman was ritually impure for 40 days after the birth of a son. Leviticus 12:2-4 says: "Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period. On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised. Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over." Jesus was born in Bethlehem, just 6 miles from Jerusalem, so it was an easy day's walk to get to the Temple. So in all likelihood, Jesus wasn't much more than 40 days old when Simeon saw him in the Temple.

Answer 3

The only reference to him is found in Luke 2:25-32. While it does not specificly refer to his age as it does to Annalater in the passage, also connected with presenting Jesus in the temple (see verses 36-38), we can from the account infer various things.He was well established in his character as,"just and devout". It appears that he had been anticipating and waiting for some time to see this Promised One. I seemed as if death would be a blessed relief given him, as promised by the Holy Spirit, after seeing this that he most desired, implying that he ws well into years, probably similar in age to Anna. Also we can infer from his words, that he was ready to die and welcomed death, (verse 29), indicating the end of what was a full life indeed.

The Bible does not refer in any recognizable way to his age. He is considered to be old though, since he says "Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.' This would seem to indicate he was now ready to die since he had seen the promised Messiah. It would seem to be unlikely for him to say this if he was only young.

Answer 4

He must have been pretty old as he had been waiting a long time to bless the child Jesus, and after he blessed him he said, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation," (Luke 2.29,30)

Answer 5

The bible does not mention his age at all , but it does say he was a very old man, and was waiting to see the messiah and die.