Luke 2:28
he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said:
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29Now, Lord, thou dost let thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word,
Cross References
Mark 9:36And he took a little child, and placed it in the midst of them; and when he had taken it in his arms, he said to them:
Luke 1:46And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord,
Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people;
Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been 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 →