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Walter A. Elwell, editor. The purpose of this commentary, is to help the average reader of the Bible understand what the text says. Using the NIV as a basis for its comments, this commentary is a totally new work, not a reprint or a revised edition. Thirty-eight contributors representing some of the finest American evangelical scholars present their articles in clear, easy-to-understand language....

positive oracle Simeon turns to a more ominous matter. Jesus will “cause the falling and rising of many in Israel” (v. 34). Either two different groups are being described here—one group will rise and one group will fall—or more probably Luke is referring to one group. Those who embrace the message of Jesus will fall before they rise. In other words, identification with Jesus will bring persecution. Such hostility to Jesus will reveal the thoughts of the heart (v. 35), that is, it will reveal that
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