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Coming up (ἐπιστᾶσα)
See on Luk 2:9.
Gave thanks (ἀνθωμολογεῖτο)
The verb originally means to make a mutual agreement; and the idea of reciprocity is retained in the expression “to return thanks” for something received. Compare Sept., Psalms 79:13.
Spake
Not a public utterance, for which the words, those that waited, etc., would be inappropriate. It was to the pious ones who were with her in the temple, waiting for the Messiah.
In Jerusalem (ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ)
All the best texts omit ἐν, in. Render, as Rev., the redemption of Jerusalem. Nearly equivalent to the consolation of Israel, Luk 2:25. Compare Luk 1:68, and see Isa 40:2.