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Luke 2:32

SalvationThe stranger and outcastJesus Christ

30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

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

34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
KJV
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
WEB
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
ASV
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
DARBY
a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles and [the] glory of thy people Israel.
BLB
a light to the uncovering of the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.”
ÅB
et lys til åpenbarelse for hedningene, og en herlighet for ditt folk Israel.
OTB
et lys til åpenbaring for hedningene,
og en herlighet for ditt folk Israel."
B1930
et lys til åpenbarelse for hedningene, og en herlighet for ditt folk Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 60:1–3

    Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

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  • Isaiah 49:6

    And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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  • Acts 26:23

    That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

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  • Acts 13:47–48

    For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

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  • Isaiah 42:6–7

    I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

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  • Isaiah 9:2

    The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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  • Revelation 21:23

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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  • Isaiah 60:19

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

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