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Bede the Venerable, on Luke 2:22
Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
Luke 2:22 · Douay-Rheims
“And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:”
On this verse:
“By the words, opening the womb, he signifies the first-born both of man and beast, and each one of which was, according to the commandment, to be called holy to the Lord, and therefore to become the property of the priest, that is, so far that he was to receive a price for every first-born of man, and oblige every unclean animal to be ransomed.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.