²⁵And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was^h Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he would see the Lord’s Christ.ⁱ ²⁷And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law, ²⁸he took him in his^j arms and praised God and said,

²⁹“Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord,

according to your word.

³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation

³¹that you have prepared in the presence of all the peoples,

³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles,

and glory to your people Israel.”

³³And his father and mother were astonished at what was said about him. ³⁴And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed^k—³⁵and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!”

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Luke 2:30–32: “… for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Footnotes

hLiterally “to whom the name”
iOr “Messiah”
jLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
kOr “rejected”