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 Greeks,
• 1 Pet 2:7–8For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected, has become the chief cornerstone,”
• Isa 8:14–15He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Matt 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
• 2 Cor 2:15–16For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
• Acts 9:1–20But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
• Hos 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
• Acts 4:26The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
• Acts 3:15–19and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
• 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. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
• John 5:18For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
• Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
• Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
• Acts 6:7The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
• Acts 17:6When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
• Lev 9:22–23Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
• Heb 12:1–3Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
• Heb 7:7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
• Acts 2:36–41“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
• Rom 9:32Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
• Matt 27:63saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• John 8:48–52Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
• Ps 69:9–12For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
• Isa 8:18Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.
• Matt 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
• Exod 39:43Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
• John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
• Gen 14:19He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
• Matt 27:40–45and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• Matt 12:46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
• John 9:24–29So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
• Gen 47:7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
• Matt 26:65–67Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
• Acts 28:22But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
• Heb 7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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