Luke 2:29-32
New American Standard Bible
29 “Now, Lord, You are letting Your bond-servant depart in peace,
(A)According to Your word;
30 For my eyes have (B)seen Your salvation,
31 Which You have prepared in the presence of all the peoples:
32 (C)A light for revelation [a]for the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Footnotes
- Luke 2:32 Lit of the Gentiles
Luke 2:29-32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,
according to your word,(A)
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,(B)
31 which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.”(C)
Luke 2:29-32
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
29 Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace;
30 Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
32 A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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Luke 2:29-32
The Message
25-32 In Jerusalem at the time, there was a man, Simeon by name, a good man, a man who lived in the prayerful expectancy of help for Israel. And the Holy Spirit was on him. The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died. Led by the Spirit, he entered the Temple. As the parents of the child Jesus brought him in to carry out the rituals of the Law, Simeon took him into his arms and blessed God:
God, you can now release your servant;
release me in peace as you promised.
With my own eyes I’ve seen your salvation;
it’s now out in the open for everyone to see:
A God-revealing light to the non-Jewish nations,
and of glory for your people Israel.
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