Luke 2:29
“Now You send Your servant away, O LORD, according to Your word, in peace,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28then he took Him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,
30because my eyes saw Your salvation,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30and Israel says to Joseph, “Let me die this time, after my seeing your face, for you [are] yet alive.”
Isaiah 57:1The righteous has perished, || And there is none laying [it] to heart, || And men of kindness are gathered, || Without any considering that from the face of evil || The righteous one is gathered.
Philippians 1:23for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is 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 →