Luke 2:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶ ·Simeon had been told [^LIt had been revealed to him] by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw ·the Christ promised by the Lord [^Lthe Lord’s Messiah/Anointed One]. ²⁷ The Spirit led Simeon to the Temple. When ·Mary and Joseph [^Lthe parents] brought the ·baby [child] Jesus to the Temple to do [^Lfor him] what ·the law said they must do [the custom of the law required], ²⁸ Simeon took the baby in his arms and ·thanked [praised; blessed] God: