Luke 2:28
then he took Him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29“Now You send Your servant away, O LORD, according to Your word, in peace,
Cross References
Psalms 105:1Give thanks to YHWH—call on His Name, || Make His acts known among the peoples.
Mark 9:36And having taken a child, He set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in His arms, said to them,
Luke 1:46And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the LORD,
Luke 1:68“Blessed [is] the LORD, the God of Israel, || Because He looked on, || And worked redemption for His people,
Luke 2:20and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken to them.
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 →