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The Nunc dimittis [1] (English: / n ʊ ŋ k d ɪ ˈ m ɪ t ɪ s /), also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 to 32. Its Latin name comes from its incipit, the opening words, of the Vulgate translation of the passage, meaning "Now you let depart". [2]
Promised by the Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen the Saviour, Simeon sees in the infant Jesus the Messiah promised by the Lord and asks God to permit him to "depart in peace" (Luke 2:25–35). The poem's narrative echoes the text of the Nunc dimittis, a liturgical prayer for Compline from the Gospel passage.
Luke 2 is the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, traditionally attributed to Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys. [1] It contains an account of Jesus 's birth in Bethlehem , "its announcement and celebration", [ 2 ] his presentation in the Second Temple , and an incident from ...
The Song of the Theotokos (Magnificat: Luke 1:46–55); The Song of Zacharias (the Benedictus Luke 1:68–79) The Prayer of Simeon (Nunc dimittis Luke 2:29–32) Following the Song of the Three Youths and the Prayer of Simeon there are sets of hymns as well as other texts which are proper to the commemoration of the day or of the liturgical season.
For example, according to Luke 2:11 Jesus was the Christ at his birth, but in Acts 2:36 he becomes Christ at the resurrection, while in Acts 3:20 it seems his messiahship is active only at the parousia, the "second coming"; similarly, in Luke 2:11 he is the Saviour from birth, but in Acts 5:31 [47] he is made Saviour at the resurrection; and he ...
Luke 2:5 γυναικί (woman) – Byz omitted by Alexandrian text-type. Luke 2:7 φατνη (manger) – א A B D L W Θ Ξ 700 τη φατνη (the manger) – Ψ 053 f 1 f 13 Byz τω σπηλαιω φατνη (the cave's manger) – Origen (via Epiphanius) Luke 2:9 καὶ ἄγγελος (and the angel) – Alexandrian text-type
The hymn begins with the words that the angels sang when announcing the birth of Christ to shepherds in Luke 2:14: Douay-Rheims (in Latin). Other verses were added very early, forming a doxology. [4] An article by David Flusser links the text of the verse in Luke with ancient Jewish liturgy. [5]
Mary's Magnificat, recorded only in Luke's Gospel, is one of four hymns, distilled from a collection of early Jewish-Christian canticles, which complement the promise-fulfillment theme of Luke's infancy narrative. These songs are Mary's Magnificat; Zechariah's Benedictus (1:67–79); the angels' Gloria in Excelsis Deo (2:13–14); and Simeon's ...