Luke 2:30
because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
In Context
29'Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,
31which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
Isaiah 49:6And He saith, 'It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
Luke 2:10And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people —
Acts 4:10be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole.
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 →