Luke 2:29
“Now you may dismiss your servant in peace, O Lord, according to your word.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28he also took him up, into his arms, and he blessed God and said:
30For my eyes have seen your salvation,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”
Isaiah 57:1The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.
Philippians 1:23For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,
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 →