And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.

He has given help to His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,

Now the child grew and was becoming strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

A light for revelation for the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”

And Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and as a sign to be opposed—

But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a severe famine came over all the land;

And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.