Luke 2:28
Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29Lord, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy woorde,
Cross References
Psalms 105:1Praise the Lord, and call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people.
Mark 9:36And he tooke a litle childe, and set him in the middes of them, and tooke him in his armes, and sayd vnto them,
Luke 1:46Then Marie sayde, My soule magnifieth the Lord,
Luke 1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke 2:20And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto 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 →