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Luke 2:26
Luke 2:26 is verse 26 of Luke chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
King James Version
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
World English Bible
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
“Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew) both mean “Anointed One”
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Luke 2:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
26 The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
28 Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Luke 9:27But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
John 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Daniel 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
John 1:41He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
Acts 2:36Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
Acts 17:3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
Hebrews 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”