Luke 2:31
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
32A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth: the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved: he shall judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 98:2The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.
Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
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 →