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Luke 2:26

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 2:26

Verse 26 of 52

Scripture focus

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Luke 2:26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 2:26

Theological / Devotional

Not see death. In every age the devout have treasured the hope of living to see the fulfillment of the Messianic hope. God has purposed that this hope shall ever burn brightly in the hearts of His faithful ones, for more than anything else this hope leads men to sanctify their lives (see 1 John 3:2, 3). However the devout in Simeon’s day had the assurance from the prophecies that their generation would see the Messiah.

The Lord’s Christ. Or, “the Lord’s Anointed” (see on Matt. 1:1), a pre-Christian Jewish title for the Messiah.

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