Simeon (Luke 2:21-32)
Depending on which source(s) you consider, Simeon was a "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who was promised by God that he would be able to see the Lord's Christ before he (Simeon) died. He was inspired to go to the temple, and it was there that he met Mary and Joseph and the infant Christ. He is supposed to have blessed them and given thanks to God for this dispensation. Luke 2 holds this story.
A phrase about George Washington: a devout, Christian man : a man who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. : a man who knew government would not work without the Bible as the basis for such government
Not the Man She Waited For - 1900 was released on: USA: June 1900
The Man Who Waited - 1910 was released on: USA: 29 March 1910
The Man Who Waited - 1922 was released on: USA: 19 November 1922
It refers to a man with a measuring rod. This man may be representative of an angel, or even a symbol of a pre-incarnate Christ.
a squire
The man waited while the lady did her hair. He waited for about 20 minutes.
This man's name was Simeon.The story is told in Luke 2:25-35. In verse 25 it reads ... "and behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him, and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ and in v.28 it tells how Simeon took the baby Jesus up in his arms and blessed God.....
Simeon was a righteous and devout man who lived in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit revealed to him that he would die before he saw the Messiah. Simeon went to the temple and held the Christ Child, and blessed the family. The prophet Anna was a widow who never left the temple after her husband passed away seven years after her wedding. She spread the news about the Christ Child to everyone in Jerusalem looking for redemption.
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