Luke 2:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And beholde, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: and the same man was iust and godlye, and loked for the consolation of Israel, and the holy ghost was vpon hym.

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  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 And she, commyng at the same instant vpon them, confessed lykewise the Lorde, and spake of hym, to all them that loked for redemptio in Hierusalem.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 And in that day it shalbe sayde, lo this is our God, we haue wayted for hym, and he shall saue vs, this is the Lorde in whom we haue hoped, we wyll be merie and reioyce in the saluation that commeth of hym.
  • Mark 15:43 : 43 Ioseph of the citie of Aramathia, a noble councellour, which also loked for the kyngdome of God, came, and went in boldely vnto Pilate, and begged of hym the body of Iesu.
  • Isa 40:1 : 1 Comfort my people O ye prophetes comfort my people, saith your God,
  • Luke 23:51 : 51 The same had not consented to the counsell and deede of them, which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes, whiche same also wayted for the kyngdome of God.
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men, 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde: 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe, 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost.
  • Luke 1:41 : 41 And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost.
  • Luke 1:67 : 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 A deuoute man, & one yt feared God, with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God alway.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they sayde: Cornelius the capitayne, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holy Angel to sende for thee into his house, and to heare wordes of thee.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
  • Dan 6:22-23 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne: So Daniel was brought out of ye denne, & no maner of hurt was founde vpon him, for he put his trust in his God.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.
  • Num 11:25 : 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and toke of the spirite that was vpon him, and gaue it vnto the threscore & ten elders: And when the spirite rested vpon them, they prophesied, and dyd not ceasse.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym: Enuiest thou for my sake? woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie, and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob, & the same was a perfect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill.
  • Job 1:8 : 8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 2:26-35
    10 verses
    84%

    26 And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost, not to see death, before he had seene the Lordes Christe.

    27 And he came by inspiration into the temple: And when the father & mother brought in the chylde Iesus, to do for hym after the custome of the lawe,

    28 Then toke he hym vp in his armes, & praysed God, and sayde:

    29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise.

    30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio,

    31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people:

    32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

    33 And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym.

    34 And Simeon blessed them, & saide vnto Marie his mother: beholde, this chylde is set to be the fall & vprysyng agayne of many in Israel, & for a signe which is spoken agaynst.

    35 And moreouer, the sworde shall pearce thy soule, that the thoughtes of many heartes may be opened.

  • Luke 2:21-24
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    21 And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

    22 And when the dayes of her purification, after the lawe of Moyses, were accomplished, they brought hym to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord.

    23 (As it is written in the lawe of ye Lord: Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe, shalbe called holy to ye lord)

    24 And to offer, as it is sayde in the lawe of the Lorde, a payre of turtle doues, or two young pigions.

  • Luke 1:66-68
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    66 And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym.

    67 And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying.

    68 Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people.

  • Acts 15:14
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    14 Simeon tolde, howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite, to receaue of the gentiles, a people in his name.

  • Luke 1:14-16
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    14 And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

    15 For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

    16 And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God.

  • Luke 1:79-80
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    68%

    79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

    80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.

  • Acts 13:23
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    23 Of this mans seede, hath God accordyng to his promise brought foorth to Israel, the sauiour Iesus.

  • Luke 2:38
    67%

    38 And she, commyng at the same instant vpon them, confessed lykewise the Lorde, and spake of hym, to all them that loked for redemptio in Hierusalem.

  • Luke 2:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11 For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.

    12 And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger.

  • Luke 1:32
    66%

    32 He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid:

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22 (All this was done, that it myght be fulfilled, which was spoken of the lorde by the prophete, saying:

    23 Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)

  • Luke 1:75-77
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    75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym.

    76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes.

    77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes.

  • Luke 2:40
    66%

    40 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was fylled with wisdome: & the grace of God was vpon hym.

  • Luke 23:50-51
    2 verses
    66%

    50 And beholde, there was a man named Ioseph, a councellour, and he was a good man and a iust:

    51 The same had not consented to the counsell and deede of them, which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes, whiche same also wayted for the kyngdome of God.

  • Acts 7:55
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    55 But he being full of the holy ghost, loked vp stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glory of God, and Iesus standyng on the ryght hande of God,

  • Luke 1:41
    65%

    41 And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost.

  • Luke 1:26-27
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    65%

    26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27 To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.

  • Luke 3:22
    65%

    22 And the holy ghost came downe, in a bodyly shape lyke a Doue, vpon hym: and a voyce came from heauen, which sayde, Thou art my beloued sonne, in thee I am well pleased.

  • Luke 1:11
    65%

    11 And there appeared vnto hym an Angel of the Lorde, standyng on the ryght syde of the aulter of incence.

  • Luke 2:8-9
    2 verses
    65%

    8 There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght.

    9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.

  • Luke 1:35-36
    2 verses
    65%

    35 And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.

    36 And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren.

  • Luke 1:21
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    21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marueyled that he taried so long in the temple.

  • Matt 2:23
    65%

    23 And went and dwelt in a citie, which is called Nazareth, that it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophetes: He shalbe called a Nazarite.

  • Luke 2:6
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    6 And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.

  • Luke 2:17
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    17 And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.

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