Luke 2:30 Meaning and Explanation
“For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Simeon declares that his own eyes have seen the salvation God provides.
What Does Luke 2:30 Mean?
The reason Simeon can depart in peace: mine eyes have seen thy salvation. He does not say only that he has seen the Saviour; he has seen salvation itself, God's saving act embodied in the child resting in his arms. Looking at the infant, he beholds the deliverance of God.
Salvation, in the end, is not a doctrine to master but a person to behold. Simeon's confession compresses the gospel: God's rescue has a face. The old man saw with bodily eyes; faith now sees the same truth in the word of God. And the order of his song instructs us. First see Christ; then face anything, even death, in peace.
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What does Luke 2:30 mean?
Simeon declares that his own eyes have seen the salvation God provides.