Luke 2:29
“Lord, I have done your work now, and it is finished. So let me go and rest in peace, because your word is true.
Anindilyakwa (portions)
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28The old man took the baby and held him in front of him. And he praised God and said,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30Jacob said to him, “Now that I have seen you with my own eyes and I know that you are still alive, I am ready to die.”
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 →