Section 8
according to Your word, in peace; because my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared before the face of all the peoples, a light for revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel" (vv. 28-32). In verses 30 and 32 Simeon speaks of salvation and light. The Man- Savior is God's salvation to His people and also a light for the Gentiles and the glory of Israel.
In 2:34 and 35 Simeon says to Mary, "Behold, this One is appointed for the falling and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against (and a sword will even go through your own soul), so that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed." Here we see that the Man-Savior was appointed by God to be a test to the children of Israel so that many of them would be stumbled by Him and many raised up by Him (Rom. 9:33).
The Man-Savior is also a sign, a token, spoken against, contradicted or opposed by the people who take sides with His enemy, so that the rea sonings of many hearts may be revealed.
In verse 35 Simeon told Mary that a sword would even go through her own soul. This in dicates that while the Man-Savior as a sign is spoken against, the suffering also goes through the inner being of the one who brings Him forth.