King James Version
What Does Luke 2:30 Mean?
“For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,”
Context
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Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
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Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
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Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
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A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(30) **Mine eyes have seen thy salvation.**—The Greek word is not the usual feminine noun expressing the abstract idea of salvation, but the neuter of the adjective—that which brings or works out salvation. Its use here is probably determined by its appearance in the LXX. version of Isaiah 52:10, as quoted in Luke 3:6. He saw in that infant child the means of deliverance for the world.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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