Luke 2:31
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30For my eyes have seen your salvation,
32A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.
Psalms 98:2The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
Isaiah 42:10Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.
Isaiah 62:1Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
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 →