Luke 2:26

And it was said to him from the Spirit of Holiness, that he should not see death, until he had seen the Meshicha of the Lord.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

In Context

25But there was a certain man in Urishlem, whose name was Shemun; and this man was just and righteous, and he had waited for the consolation of Isroel, and the Spirit of Holiness was upon him.

27Behold, this man came in the Spirit to the temple, and when his parents brought in Jeshu the child, to do for him as it is commanded in the law,

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Cross References

John 1:41This saw first Shemun his brother, and said to him, We have found the Meshicha;

John 8:51Amen, amen, I say to you, That he who my word keepeth, death shall not see for ever.

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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