Luke 2:28
he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: 1
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29“Lord, now You are releasing Your servant in peace, 1 According to Your word; 1
Cross References
Mark 9:36And taking a child, He stood him in their midst. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,
Luke 1:46And Mary said: 1 “My soul magnifies the Lord, 1
Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 1 For He has visited and redeemed His people, 1
Luke 2:20Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was spoken to them. 1 The Circumcision of Jesus
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 →