Luke 2:31
which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
In Context
30because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,
32a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
Cross References
Psalms 96:10Say among nations, 'Jehovah hath reigned, Also — established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'
Psalms 98:2Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch 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 →