Luke 2:26
And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
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Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
Psalms 25:14The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
Amos 3:7For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
John 1:41He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 8:51Amen, amen I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.
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 →