Luke 2:29
Lord! now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
In Context
28he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
30for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.
Philippians 1:23but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;
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 →