Luke 2:28
he also received it into his arms, and praised God, and said,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29Now dismiss thy bondman in peace, Master, according to thy word,
Cross References
Psalms 105:1O give thanks to LORD, call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his doings.
Mark 9:36And having taken a child, he set it in the midst of them. And after embracing it, he said to them,
Luke 1:46And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,
Luke 1:68Blessed is Lord, the God of Israel, because he came to help, and made ransom for his people.
Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:26-41
Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his… Read the whole commentary →