Luke 2:34

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Simeon blessed them, and saide vnto Mary his mother, Beholde, this childe is appointed for the fall and rising againe of many in Israel, and for a signe which shalbe spoken against,

📖 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 wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse:
• 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 Vnto you therefore which beleeue, it is precious: but vnto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disalowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.
• Matt 21:44 : 44 And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shal fall, it will dash him a pieces.
• Acts 9:1-9 : 1 And Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto the hie Priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the Synagogues, that if he found any that were of that way (either men or women) hee might bring them bound vnto Hierusalem. 3 Now as he iourneyed, it came to passe that as he was come neere to Damascus, suddenly there shined rounde about him a light from heauen. 4 And hee fell to the earth, and heard a voyce, saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he sayd, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord sayd, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kicke against pricks. 6 He then both trembling and astonied, sayd, Lord, what wilt thou that I doe? And the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise and goe into the citie, and it shall be tolde thee what thou shalt doe. 7 The men also which iourneyed with him, stood amased, hearing his voyce, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the ground, and opened his eyes, but sawe no man. Then led they him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus, 9 Where he was three dayes without sight, and neither ate nor dranke. 10 And there was a certaine disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him sayd the Lord in a vision, Ananias; he sayd, Beholde, I am here Lord. 11 Then the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise, and goe into the streete which is called Straight, and seeke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tarsus: for beholde, he prayeth. 12 (And he sawe in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him, and putting his hands on him, that he might receiue his sight.) 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I haue heard by many of this man, howe much euill hee hath done to thy saints at Hierusalem. 14 Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name. 15 Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel. 16 For I will shewe him, howe many things he must suffer for my Names sake. 17 Then Ananias went his way, and entred into that house, and put his hands on him, and sayd, Brother Saul, the Lorde hath sent me (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest) that thou mightest receiue thy sight, and be filled with the holy Ghost. 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, & suddenly he receiued sight, and arose, and was baptized, 19 And receiued meate, & was strengthened. So was Saul certaine dayes with the disciples which were at Damascus. 20 And straightway hee preached Christ in the Synagogues, that he was that Sonne of God,
• Hos 14:9 : 9 (14:10) Who is wise, and he shall vnderstande these things? and prudent, and he shall knowe them? for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, and the iust shall walke in them: but the wicked shal fall therein.
• Acts 28:22 : 22 But we will heare of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we knowe that euery where it is spoken against.
• Rom 9:32 : 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone,
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.
• Matt 12:46 : 46 While he yet spake to ye multitude, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stood without, desiring to speake with him.
• Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 But when they found them not, they drew Iason & certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are,
• Acts 24:5 : 5 Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the world, and a chiefe maintainer of the secte of the Nazarites:
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If yee be railed vpon for the Name of Christ, blessed are ye: for the spirit of glory, and of God resteth vpon you: which on their part is euill spoken of: but on your part is glorified.
• 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish. 16 To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?
• Heb 7:1 : 1 For this Melchi-sedec was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham, as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings, and blessed him:
• Heb 7:7 : 7 And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Wherefore, let vs also, seeing that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, cast away euery thing that presseth downe, and the sinne that hangeth so fast on: let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs, 2 Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider therefore him that endured such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your mindes.
• Matt 26:65-67 : 65 Then the hie Priest rent his clothes, saying, Hee hath blasphemed, what haue wee any more neede of witnesses? beholde: nowe yee haue heard his blasphemie. 66 What thinke yee? They answered, and said, He is guiltie of death. 67 Then spet they in his face, and buffeted him, and other smote him with roddes,
• Matt 27:40-45 : 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest ye Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: if thou be ye Sonne of God, come downe fro ye crosse. 41 Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said, 42 He saued others, but he cannot saue him selfe: if he be ye King of Israel, let him now come downe from ye crosse, and we will beleeue in him. 43 He trusted in God, let him deliuer him nowe, if he will haue him: for he saide, I am the Sonne of God. 44 The selfe same thing also ye theeues which were crucified with him, cast in his teeth. 45 Now from ye sixt houre was there darkenesse ouer all the land, vnto the ninth houre.
• Matt 27:63 : 63 And said, Syr, we remember that that deceiuer saide, while he was yet aliue, Within three dayes I will rise.
• John 3:20 : 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
• John 5:18 : 18 Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.
• John 8:48-52 : 48 Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuil? 49 Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth. 51 Verely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my word, he shall neuer see death. 52 Then said the Iewes to him, Now know we that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my worde, he shall neuer taste of death.
• John 9:24-29 : 24 Then againe called they the man that had bene blinde, and sayd vnto him, Giue glory vnto God: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see. 26 Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes? 27 Hee answered them, I haue tolde you already, and yee haue not heard it: wherefore would yee heare it againe? will yee also be his disciples? 28 Then reuiled they him, and sayd, Be thou his disciple: we be Moses disciples. 29 We know that God spake with Moses: but this man we know not from whence he is.
• Acts 2:36-41 : 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made him both Lorde, and Christ, this Iesus, I say, whome yee haue crucified. 37 Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their heartes, and said vnto Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we doe? 38 Then Peter said vnto them, Amend your liues, and bee baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with many other words he besought and exhorted them, saying, Saue your selues from this froward generation. 41 Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand soules.
• Acts 3:15-19 : 15 And killed the Lorde of life, whome God hath raised fro the dead, whereof we are witnesses. 16 And his Name hath made this man sound, whom ye see, & know, through faith in his Name: and the faith which is by him, hath giuen to him this perfite health of his whole body in the presence of you all. 17 And now brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your gouernours. 18 But those thinges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled. 19 Amend your liues therefore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, whe the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.
• Acts 4:26 : 26 The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
• Acts 6:7 : 7 And the worde of God increased, and the nomber of the disciples was multipled in Hierusalem greatly, and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith.
• Gen 14:19 : 19 Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour of heauen and earth,
• Gen 47:7 : 7 Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh.
• Exod 39:43 : 43 And Moses beheld al the worke, & behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded: so had they done: and Moses blessed them.
• Lev 9:22-23 : 22 So Aaron lift vp his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came downe from offring of the sinne offring, and the burnt offring, and the peace offrings. 23 After, Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and came out, and blessed the people, and the glorie of the Lord appeared to all the people.
• Ps 22:6-8 : 6 But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people. 7 All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying, 8 He trusted in the Lorde, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
• Ps 69:9-9 : 9 For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me. 10 I wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reproofe. 11 I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them. 12 They that sate in the gate, spake of mee, and the drunkardes sang of me.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 And he shalbe as a Sanctuarie: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rocke to fall vpon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Ierusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and shal fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken.
• Isa 8:18 : 18 Beholde, I and the children whome the Lorde hath giuen me, are as signes and as wonders in Israel, by the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zion.