Description of Coloring Page: priest, rabbi, Jesus dedicated at the temple, Simeon was a priest
The Presentation in the Temple is from Luke 2: 22-38.
22 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,
23 just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,”
24 and to offer the sacrifice
of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the
dictate in the law of the Lord.
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel,
26 It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.
27 He came in the Spirit
into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to
perform the custom of the law in regard to him,
28 he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
29 and the holy Spirit was upon him.
“Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word,
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 which you prepared in sight of all the peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”
33 The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
34and Simeon blessed
them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for
the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be
contradicted
35 (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
36 There was also a
prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She
was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after
her marriage,
37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
38And coming forward at
that very time, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all
who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem.
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