Luke 2:31
which You prepared before the face of all the peoples,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30because my eyes saw Your salvation,
32a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Your people Israel.”
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among nations, “YHWH has reigned, || Also—the world is established, unmoved, || He judges the peoples in uprightness.”
Psalms 98:2YHWH has made His salvation known, || Before the eyes of the nations, || He has revealed His righteousness,
Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to YHWH, || His praise from the end of the earth, || You who are going down to the sea, and its fullness, || Islands, and their inhabitants.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I am not silent, || And for Jerusalem’s sake I do not rest, || Until her righteousness goes out as brightness, || And her salvation burns as a torch.
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 →