Luke 2:28

So he took Jesus up in his arms and praised God, saying,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

In Context

27When Joseph and Mary brought their baby Jesus to the Temple in order to perform the rituals that God had commanded in his laws, the Spirit led Simeon to enter the Temple courtyard, and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah.

29Lord, you promised me that I would see the one [MTY] who would enable you to save people of all people-groups from the guilt of their sins. He will be [MET] like a light that will reveal your truth to non-Jews, and he will cause people to think highly of your people, the Israeli people. Since I [SYN] have now seen this one that you promised to send, now let me die peacefully.

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Cross References

Psalms 105:1Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!

Mark 9:36Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,

Luke 1:46Then Mary praised God by saying/singing: “, how I [SYN] praise ◄the Lord/God►!

Luke 1:68“Praise the Lord, the God whom we(inc) people of Israel worship, because he has come to set us, his people, free from our enemies.

Luke 2:20The shepherds returned to their sheep. They kept praising God very much for all the things that they had heard and seen, because everything happened exactly like the angels told 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 →

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