Luke 2:26

It ¹  had been revealed ²  to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die ³  before ⁴  he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ⁵ 

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It 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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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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The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

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The Holy Spirit had shown him that he would see the Messiah of God before he died.

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And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

biblegateway Luk 2:26

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.

biblegateway Luk 2:26

It ¹  had been revealed ²  to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die ³  before ⁴  he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “And it.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn The use of the passive suggests a revelation by God, and in the OT the corresponding Hebrew term represented here by κεχρηματισμένον (kecrhmatismenon) indicated some form of direct revelation from God (Jer 25:30; 33:2; Job 40:8).

³ tn Grk “would not see death” (an idiom for dying).

⁴ tn On the grammar of this temporal clause, see BDF §§383.3; 395.

⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁵ sn The revelation to Simeon that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ is yet another example of a promise fulfilled in Luke 1-2. Also, see the note on Christ in 2:11.