Luke 2:31
Which thou hast prepared in face of all the peoples:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30Because mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
32A light for the unveiling of nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, Yahweh, hath become King, Surely he hath fixed the world, it shall not be shaken, He will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 98:2Yahweh, hath made known, his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, hath he revealed his righteousness;
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth,—Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands and ye who dwell therein.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake, will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake, will I not rest,—Until her righteousness, go forth as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that is lighted.
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 →