Luke 2:28-38

28 he took him up in his arms and ¹blessed God and said,

29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant^[a] depart ²in peace, ³according to your word;

30 for ⁴my eyes have seen your ⁵salvation

31 ⁶that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

32 ⁷a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and ⁸for glory to ⁹your people Israel. ”

33 And ¹⁰his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.

34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed ¹¹for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign ¹²that is opposed

35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed. ”

36 And there was ¹³a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. ^[b] She did not depart from the temple, ¹⁴worshiping with ¹⁵fasting and prayer night and day.

38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were ¹⁶waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. 2:28 ch. 1:64
• 2. 2:29 Gen. 15:15
• 3. 2:29 ver. 26
• 4. 2:30 Isa. 52:10
• 5. 2:30 See ch. 3:6
• 6. 2:31 Ps. 98:2; See ch. 24:47
• 7. 2:32 Isa. 42:6; 49:6; 52:10; 60:3; John 8:12; Acts 13:47; 26:23
• 8. 2:32 [Isa. 45:25; 46:13]
• 9. 2:32 ver. 10
• 10. 2:33 ver. 27
• 11. 2:34 [Isa. 8:14; Matt. 21:44; John 9:39; 1 Cor. 1:23, 24; 2 Cor. 2:16; 1 Pet. 2:8, 9]
• 12. 2:34 Acts 28:22
• 13. 2:36 See Ex. 15:20
• 14. 2:37 1 Tim. 5:5
• 15. 2:37 ch. 5:33; Matt. 6:16-18; Acts 13:2; 14:23; 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27
• 16. 2:38 ver. 25; See ch. 1:68

Footnotes

• [a] 2:29 Greek 'bondservant'
• [b] 2:37 Or 'as a widow for eighty-four years'