Luke 2:29

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“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:15 : 15 But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
  • Luke 2:26 : 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say,“Write this:‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”“Yes,” says the Spirit,“so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them.”
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil. 2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.
  • Gen 46:30 : 30 Israel said to Joseph,“Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

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    26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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    45And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

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    28Now, O Sovereign LORD, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant!

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