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Luke 2:26
And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke 2:26 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 2:26 in other translations
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
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In context
23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),
24 And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.
25 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
26 And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,
28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
29 Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
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