Luke 2:29
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:
30Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.
Isaiah 57:1The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil.
Philippians 1:23But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better.
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 →