Luke 2:29
Lord, nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt depart in peace, according to thy woorde,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,
30For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation,
Cross References
Genesis 46:30And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, Now let me die, since I haue seene thy face, and that thou art yet aliue.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come.
Philippians 1:23For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all.
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 →