Luke 2:30
for lo, my eyes have seen thy mercy,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
In Context
29My Lord, now release thou thy servant in peace, as thou hast said:
31which thou hast prepared in the presence of all nations,
Cross References
Luke 2:10And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold I announce to you great joy, which will be to all the world.
Acts 4:10be it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this man stand here before you recovered.
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 →