✨WEB · Luke 2:29

What does Luke 2:29 mean?

"“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;"

— Luke 2:29 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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He 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,

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then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

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for my eyes have seen your salvation,

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which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;

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a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

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