Luke 2:28
he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
In Context
29"Now lettest thou thy slave depart, O Master; according to thy word in peace,
Cross References
Mark 9:36Then Jesus took a little child, set it among them, and folding it in his arms, he said,
Luke 1:46And Mary said. "My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Luke 1:68"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people,
Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying God and praising him for all those things that they had seen and heard, even as it was told to 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 →