Luke 2:30
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
In Context
29Lord! now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;
31which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples;
Cross References
Isaiah 49:6He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.
Luke 2:10And the angel said to them, Fear not; for lo! I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to the whole people;
Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,—by him doth this man stand here before you sound.
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 →