Luke 2:29
Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28Then toke he hym vp in his armes, & praysed God, and sayde:
30For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: nowe am I content to dye, insomuche as I haue seene thy face, and because thou art yet aliue.
Isaiah 57:1The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked.
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 →