Luke 2:31
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation,
32A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The Lord reigneth: surely the world shalbe stable, and not moue, and he shall iudge the people in righteousnesse.
Psalms 98:2The Lord declared his saluation: his righteousnes hath he reueiled in the sight of ye nations.
Isaiah 42:10Sing vnto the Lord a newe song, and his praise from the ende of the earth: yee that goe downe to the sea, and all that is therein: the yles and the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah 62:1For Zions sake I will not holde my tongue, and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake foorth as the light, and saluation thereof as a burning lampe.
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 →