Luke 2
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Luke 2:25-30

25And there was a manG444 in JerusalemG2419 whoseG3739 nameG3686 was SimeonG4826; and thisG3778 manG444 was 1righteousG1342 and devoutG2126, 2lookingG4327 for the consolationG3874 of IsraelG2474; and the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 was upon him. 26And 3it had beenG1510 revealedG5537 to him by the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 that he would not 4seeG3708 deathG2288 beforeG4250 he had seenG3708 the Lord’sG2962 5ChristG5547. 27And he cameG2064 in the SpiritG4151 into the templeG2413; and whenG1722 the parentsG1118 broughtG1521 in the childG3813 JesusG2424, 67to carryG4160 out for Him the customG1480 of the LawG3551, 28thenG2532 he tookG1209 Him into his armsG43, and blessedG2127 GodG2316, and saidG3004,29“NowG3568 LordG1203, You are releasingG630 Your bond-servantG1401 to departG630 in peaceG1515, 8AccordingG2596 to Your wordG4487;30For my eyesG3788 have 9seenG3708 Your salvationG4992,

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 2:25 Luke 1:6 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 2:25 Mark 15:43; Luke 2:38; 23:51 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 2:26 Matt 2:12 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 2:26 Ps 89:48; John 8:51; Heb 11:5 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 2:26 I.e. Messiah ↩
  6. 6. Luke 2:27 Lit to do for Him according to ↩
  7. 7. Luke 2:27 Luke 2:22 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 2:29 Luke 2:26 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 2:30 Ps 119:166, 174; Is 52:10; Luke 3:6 ↩

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