Luke 2:34 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
34. Unto Mary Simeon blesses both, but he addresses Mary. He recognizes that she and not the husband is the parent.
Is set for the fall and rising again Is set should rather be rendered is laid or lies. It is a metaphor drawn from a stone over which some are seen stumbling and falling, others seen rising. So this child is the test by which men shall stand or fall. The phrase rising again is better translated uprising. It does not mean that those who rise are those who have fallen. Christ is the test, by faith in whom men shall rise or fall by unbelief. The Jewish nation fell; the apostles, the primitive Church, the believing Gentiles rose.
A sign A sign which indicated God’s will to men, yet a mark at which calumny should aim its shafts.
Consult other comments:
Luke 2:34 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Luke 2:34 - The Greek Testament
Luke 2:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Luke 2:34 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Luke 2:34 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Luke 2:34 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Luke 2:34 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Luke 2:34 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Luke 2:34 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luke 2:34 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:34 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:34 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Luke 2:34 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Luke 2:34 - Geneva Bible Notes
Luke 2:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Luke 2:34 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Luke 2:34 - The Great Texts of the Bible
Luke 2:34 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Luke 2:34 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:34 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Luke 2:34 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Luke 2:34 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Luke 2:34 - Church Pulpit Commentary
Luke 2:34 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Luke 2:34 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Luke 2:34 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Luke 2:34 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luke 2:34 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 2:34 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Luke 2:34 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).