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Luk 2:22. Τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ) See App. Crit., Ed. ii. p. 174. Never is αὐτῶι[26] so placed, as that it should be understood of ΤῸ ΠΑΊΔΙΟΝ, and His mother, to be supplied as the antecedents. Neither Jesus Himself nor His mother needed purification. There are some who interpret αὐτῶν as the Jews; but Luke mentions purification, not as a custom of the Jews, but as a divine institution.-τὸν νόμον Μωσέως, the law of Moses) In a higher point of view, it is presently after called the law of the Lord [Luk 2:23-24].-ἀνήγαγον, they led [brought] Him up to) This is properly said of one more matured, as εἰσαγαγεῖν, [when the parents brought in] to lead in, introduce, Luk 2:27. This was a prelude to His future visits to the temple.-παραστῆσαι, to present) This is presently explained in Luk 2:23. This was additional to the purification, which was done in the case of every child-birth, not merely in the case of the first-born.
[26] AB read αὐτῶν. Iren. 187, and 2 MSS. of Memph. Vers. omit αὐτῶν-Μωυσέως. D reads αὐτοῦ: abc Vulg. ejus: Rec. Text, αὐτῆς.-ED. and TRANSL.