Luke 2:30

Thy salvation - Him who is to procure salvation for his people; or, the Saviour.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (n) mine eyes have seen thy (o) salvation, (n) That is, for I have seen with my very eyes: for he saw before in mind, as it is said of Abraham,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Simeon. As the family enters the Temple they are met by Simeon, an aged man whose devout life and expectation of Messiah had been rewarded by a Div...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Thy salvation . Greek. to soterion (not the usual soteria). Used of Jehovah Himself (not merely of salvation as such). See Isaiah 62:11 . Compa...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. For my eyes have seen This mode of expression is very common in Scripture; but Simeon appears to denote expressly the bodily appearance...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1477 TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:28-32 . Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lett...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Thy salvation - That Savior which it became the goodness of God to bestow upon man, and which the necessities...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mine eyes have seen, &c.— Simeon, being well acquainted with the prophetic writings, knew from them that the Messiah was to be the Author of a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. How many saw this Child, nay the full-grown "Man, Christ Jesus,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the censu...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Purification and Presentation in the Temple. Women after childbirth were unclean, for a boy forty days, for a girl eighty days. They were then...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thy salvation ] is practically personal, meaning the Messiah.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mine eyes have seen thy salvation. — The Greek word is not the usual feminine noun expressing the abstract idea of salvation, but the neuter of the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Aged Simeon's Prophetic Blessing Luke 2:25-39 Two aged watchers welcomed the King; but no one else, of all the crowds who went and came, gu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. Thi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(25) And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon: and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: an...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation ,.... The Messiah, who is often so called; see Genesis 49:18 . He goes by the name of "salvation", because th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Ver. 30. For mine eyes have seen, &c. ] A great satisfaction. So it was to Job, Job 42:5 , when he cou...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold there was a man , &c. There was now in Jerusalem one Simeon, venerable on account of his age, piety, and virtue. For, he was just and de...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 2:29 "
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is Circumcised and Presented at the Temple and Is Blessed By Simon Who Prophesies Over Him (2:21-35). The purification of Mary and Jesus fro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Now let your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace, For my eyes have seen your salvation, Which you have prepared before the fac...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:21 . The child .—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22 . Her purification .—The true reading is, “ their purification” (...
Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:29-30 The Glory and Work of Old Age. What were the gains which blessed this old man's age? I. The first was prophetic power; not so much...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:1-9 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this ta...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:21 . And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel bef...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whose name was Simeon Readiness for God’s will “Some years ago,” says a lady, “I made the acquaintance of an old peasant in a little German vil...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The coming of Simeon:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 23:1-5 ; Acts 4:10-12 ; Genesis 49:18 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Luke 2:10 ; Luke 2:11 ; Luke 3:6
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, w...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy salvation — Thy Christ, thy Saviour.

³⁰ For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Related Commentaries of Luke 2:30

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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