Luke 2:34

Simeon blesses them and foretells that Jesus will cause many to fall and rise and will be opposed. It matters because Christ divides people by their response to Him.

Cross-references · 36

• 1 Cor 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
• 1 Pet 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
• Isa 8:14–15And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
• Matt 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
• 2 Cor 2:15–16For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
• Acts 9:1–20Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
• Hos 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
• Acts 4:26The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
• Acts 3:15–19You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
• 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• John 5:18Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
• Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
• Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
• Acts 17:6But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
• Lev 9:22–23Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.
• Heb 12:1–3Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
• Heb 7:7And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
• Acts 2:36–41Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
• Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
• Rom 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
• Matt 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• John 8:48–52The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• Ps 69:9–12because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
• Isa 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
• Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
• Exod 39:43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
• John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• Gen 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
• Matt 27:40–45and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• Matt 12:46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
• John 9:24–29So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
• Gen 47:7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
• Matt 26:65–67At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
• Acts 28:22But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
• Heb 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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