Luke 2:30
because mine eyes saw thy salvation,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
In Context
29Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart, in peace according to thy word;
31which thou didst prepare before the face of all peoples;
Cross References
Luke 2:10And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people;
Acts 4:10let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.
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 →