Luke 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 2:36 : 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 Opening and explaining that Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is Christ.
  • Heb 1:8-9 : 8 But to the Son He says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
  • John 1:41 : 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found the Messiah, (which is translated, the Christ.)
  • John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?
  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.
  • Ps 89:48-49 : 48 What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where are your former lovingkindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth?
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
  • Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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    21And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the child, his name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

    22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

    23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord)

    24and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

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    27And he came by the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

    28then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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    30for my eyes have seen your salvation,

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    32a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

    33And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him.

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    30Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

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