Luke 2:25-27

Expanded Bible

Simeon Sees Jesus

²⁵ [Now; ^LAnd behold] In Jerusalem ·lived [^Lwas] a man named Simeon who was ·a good man [righteous; just] and ·godly [devout; reverent]. He was waiting for the ·time when God would take away Israel’s sorrow [restoration/consolation of Israel; Is. 40:1] and the Holy Spirit was ·in [or upon] him. ²⁶ ·Simeon had been told [^LIt had been revealed to him] by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw ·the Christ promised by the Lord [^Lthe Lord’s Messiah/Anointed One]. ²⁷ The Spirit led Simeon to the Temple. When ·Mary and Joseph [^Lthe parents] brought the ·baby [child] Jesus to the Temple to do [^Lfor him] what ·the law said they must do [the custom of the law required],