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148. Mary and Joseph Came to the Temple

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Text Information

• First Line: Mary and Joseph
• Title: Mary and Joseph Came to the Temple
• Author: Andrew Pratt (1994)
• Meter: 5.5.5.4.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:22-39
• Topic: Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth; Light
• Copyright: © 1997 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Company)
• ONE LICENSE: 97140

Tune Information

• Name: EVENING HYMN
• Composer: David Haas (1985)
• Meter: 5.5.5.4.D
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: © 1985 GIA Publications, Inc.

Text Information:

This text retells the story in Luke 2:22–39, usually called the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, which took place forty days after his birth. Mary, Joseph, and the Christ-child encounter there two devout people, Anna and Simeon, who identify this baby as the promised Messiah.