Luke 2:32
a light to enlighten the gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
In Context
31which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples;
33And his father and his mother marveled at what was spoken concerning him.
Cross References
Isaiah 4:2In that day shall the increase of Jehovah be glorious and honorable, And the fruit of the land excellent and beautiful, For them that have escaped of Israel.
Isaiah 42:6I, Jehovah, have called thee for salvation; I will hold thee by the hand; I will defend thee, and make thee a covenant to the people, A light to the nations;
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.
Isaiah 60:19No more shall the sun be thy light by day, Nor with her brightness shall the moon enlighten thee: But Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory.
Zechariah 2:5And I will be to her, saith Jehovah, A wall of fire round about, And glory will I be within her.
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;
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 →