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Luke 2:25

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Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

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Luke 2:25 in other translations

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

Luke 2:25 · American Standard Version

Luke 2:25 in context

  1. 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),
  2. 24and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
  3. 25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
  4. 26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  5. 27He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,