“And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,”
Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required — the Spirit's leading of Simeon to the temple at precisely the moment of the family's arrival communicates the providential orchestration of the encounter. Moved by the Spirit (en tō pneumati, in the Spirit) communicates Spirit-direction rather than accident. The custom of the Law: the ordinary Torah-observance of the parents is the occasion the Spirit has chosen for the recognition.
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