Luke 2:34

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Simeon blessed them, & saide vnto Marie his mother: beholde, this chylde is set to be the fall & vprysyng agayne of many in Israel, & for a signe which is spoken agaynst.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς Συμεών, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Μαριὰμ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, Ἰδού, οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον·

Transliteration

And eulogēsen them Symeōn, and eipen pros Mariam the mētera of him, Idou, this one keitai for ptōsin and anastasin of many in the Israēl; and for sēmeion antilegomenon;

Grammar Details

• *eulogēsen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd singular - he blessed
• *Symeōn*: nominative, masculine - Simeon [proper name]
• *eipen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd singular - he said
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Mariam*: accusative, feminine - Mary [proper name]
• *mētera*: accusative, feminine, singular - mother
• *Idou*: aorist imperative middle, 2nd singular - behold/look
• *keitai*: present indicative middle/passive, 3rd singular - is appointed/destined/set
• *ptōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - falling/downfall
• *anastasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - rising/resurrection
• *Israēl*: dative, masculine - in Israel
• *sēmeion*: accusative, neuter, singular - sign/signal
• *antilegomenon*: present participle passive, accusative, neuter, singular - being opposed/contradicted

Word Meanings

• *eulogēsen*: blessed/praised/spoke well of
• *pros*: to/toward/with
• *mētera*: mother/matriarch
• *keitai*: is appointed/is set/is destined/is laid
• *ptōsin*: falling/downfall/ruin
• *anastasin*: rising up/resurrection/recovery
• *sēmeion*: sign/signal/marker
• *antilegomenon*: spoken against/contradicted/opposed

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:
• 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner: 8 And a stone that men stumble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended, whiche stumble at the worde, and beyng disobedient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned.
• Matt 21:44 : 44 And whosoeuer falleth on this stone, shalbe broken in peeces: but on whomsoeuer it falleth, it shal all to grynd him.
• Acts 9:1-9 : 1 And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest, 2 And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem. 3 And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen: 4 And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes. 6 And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do. 7 The men also which iourneyed with him, stoode amased, hearing a voyce, but seyng no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he sawe no man: But they ledde him by the hande, and brought hym into Damascus. 9 And he was three dayes without syght, and neither dyd eate nor drynke. 10 And there was a certayne disciple at Damascus, named Ananias: & to him sayde the Lorde in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold I am here Lorde. 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: aryse, and go into the streate, whiche is called strayght, and seeke in the house of Iudas, after one called Saul, of Tarsus: for beholde he prayeth, 12 And hath seene in a vision a man named Ananias commyng in to hym, and puttyng his handes on hym, that he myght receaue his syght. 13 Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem. 14 And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name. 15 The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel. 16 For I wyl shew hym how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake. 17 And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost. 18 And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized, 19 And receaued meate, and was comforted. Then was Saul certaine dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco. 20 And strayghtway he preached Christe in the synagogues, that he was ye sonne of God.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
• Acts 28:22 : 22 But we wyll heare of thee, what thou thynkest: For as concernyng this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoke agaynst.
• Rom 9:32 : 32 Wherfore? Because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone,
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children.
• Matt 12:46 : 46 Whyle he yet talked to the people, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stoode without, desyryng to speake with hym.
• Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they founde them not, they drewe Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world, are come hyther also,
• Acts 24:5 : 5 For we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes in the whole worlde, and a maynteyner of the sect of the Nazarites.
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued, and in them which perisshe. 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death, vnto death: and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is meete vnto these thynges?
• Heb 7:1 : 1 For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym:
• Heb 7:7 : 7 And without all controuersie, the lesse is blessed of the better.
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Wherfore, seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, lay away all that presseth downe, & the sinne that hangeth so fast on, let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs: 2 Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God. 3 Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes.
• Matt 26:65-67 : 65 Then the hye priest rent his clothes, saying: He hath spoken blasphemie, what nede we of any mo witnesses? Beholde, now ye haue hearde his blasphemie, 66 What thynke ye? They aunswered and sayde: he is worthy to dye. 67 Then dyd they spyt in his face, and buffeted hym with fistes. And other smote hym on his face with the paulme of their handes,
• Matt 27:40-45 : 40 And saying: Thou that destroyedst the temple, & buyldest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God, come downe from the crosse. 41 Lykewyse also the hye priestes, mockyng hym, with the scribes, and elders, and pharisees sayde: 42 He saued other, hym selfe can he not saue. If he be the kyng of Israel, let him nowe come downe from the crosse, and we wyll beleue hym. 43 He trusted in God, let hym delyuer hym nowe, yf he wyll haue hym: for he sayde, I am the sonne of God. 44 The thieues also which were crucified with hym, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Fro the sixth houre, was there darknesse ouer all the lande, vnto the nynth houre.
• Matt 27:63 : 63 Saying. Sir, we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue: After three dayes I wil arise agayne.
• John 3:20 : 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
• John 5:18 : 18 Therfore the Iewes sought the more to kyll him, not only because he had broken the Sabboth, but sayde also, that God was his father, and made himselfe equall with God.
• John 8:48-52 : 48 Then aunswered the Iewes, & saide vnto hym: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast the deuyl? 49 Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 I seke not myne owne praise, there is one that seketh, and iudgeth. 51 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death. 52 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Now know we that thou hast ye deuyll. Abraham is dead, & the prophetes: and thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.
• John 9:24-29 : 24 Then agayne called they the man that was blynde, and sayde vnto hym: Geue God the prayse, we knowe that this man is a sinner. 25 He aunswered, and sayde: Whether he be a sinner or no, I can not tell: One thyng I am sure of, that wheras I was blynde, nowe I see. 26 Then sayde they to hym agayne: What dyd he to thee? Howe opened he thyne eyes? 27 He aunswered them: I tolde you yer whyle, and ye dyd not heare. Wherfore woulde ye heare it agayne? Wyll ye also be his disciples? 28 Then rayted they hym, and sayde, Be thou his disciple: We are Moyses disciples. 29 We are sure, that God spake vnto Moyses: As for this felowe, we knowe not from whence he is.
• Acts 2:36-41 : 36 Therfore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made that same Iesus, whom ye haue crucified, Lorde and Christe. 37 Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost. 39 For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call. 40 And with many other wordes bare he witnesse, and exhorted them, saying: Saue your selues from this vntowarde generation. 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde, were baptized: And the same day there were added vnto them, about three thousande soules.
• Acts 3:15-19 : 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses. 16 And his name, through the fayth in his name, hath made this man sounde, whom ye see and knowe: And the fayth which is by hym, hath geuen to this man health, in the presence of you all. 17 And nowe brethren, I wote that through ignoraunce ye dyd it, as dyd also your rulers. 18 But those thynges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophetes, that Christe shoulde suffer, he hath so fulfylled. 19 Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde.
• Acts 4:26 : 26 The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe.
• Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
• Gen 14:19 : 19 And blessed hym, saying: Blessed be Abram vnto the hygh God possessour of heauen and earth.
• Gen 47:7 : 7 And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father, and set hym before Pharao: and Iacob blessed Pharao.
• Exod 39:43 : 43 And Moyses dyd loke vpon all the worke: and beholde, they had done it as the Lorde had commaunded, euen so had they done it: and Moyses blessed them.
• Lev 9:22-23 : 22 And Aaron lift vp his hande ouer the people, and blessed them, & came downe fro offering of the sinne offering, burnt offering, and peace offeringes. 23 And Moyses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, & came out, and blessed the people: and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the people.
• Ps 22:6-8 : 6 But as for me I am a worme and no man: a very scorne of men, and an outcast of the people. 7 All they that see me, laugh me to scorne: they do make a mowe, and nod their head at me. 8 Saying he referreth all to God, loking that God wyll deliuer him and rescue him: for he delighteth only in him.
• Ps 69:9-9 : 9 For the zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me: and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me. 10 And I wept chastenyng my soule with fastyng: and that was turned to my reproofe. 11 Also I put on sackcloth for my garment: and they iested at me. 12 They that sit in the gate speake agaynst me: and they that drynke strong drynke make songes vpon me.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 For he shalbe the holy place to flee to, and stone to stumble at, the rocke to fall vpon, a snare and net to both the houses of Israel, and the inhabitours of Hierusalem: 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, yea they shalbe snared and taken.
• Isa 8:18 : 18 But lo, as for me and the chyldren whiche the Lorde hath geuen me, we are to be a token and a wonder in Israel from the Lorde of hoastes, whiche dwelleth vpon the hill of Sion.