Luke 2:31
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
32A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.
Psalms 98:2The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 42:10Sing ye to the Lora a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.
Isaiah 62:1For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.
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 →