Luke 2:29
Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
Philippians 1:23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far 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 →