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Luke 2:35 KJV
Luke · chapter 2 · verse 35
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.Luke 2:35 · King James Version
Luke 2:35 in context
33And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thoughtsdialogismosthe thinking of a man deliberating with himself, a thought, inward reasoning, purpose…G1261 →
- throughdierchomaito go through, pass through, to go, walk, journey, pass through a place, to travel the…G1330 →
- heartskardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- heartsanhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- swordrhomphaiaa large sword, properly a long Thracian javelin, also a kind of long sword wont to be…G4501 →
- soulpsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-40