Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 2:29

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

KJV

νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ·

Greek NT

Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace :

Vulgate

Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

ASV

Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word in peace:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δεσπότης
despotes
noun · 10×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§529The presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn Son who belongs to the Lord.216 With Simeon and Anna, all Israel awaits its encounter with the Saviour - the name given to this event in the Byzantine tradition. Jesus is recognized as the long-expected Messiah, the "light to the nations" and the "glory of Israel", but also "a sign that is spoken against". th…
§583Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.349 At the age of twelve he decided to remain in the Temple to remind his parents that he must be about his Father's business.350 He went there each year during his hidden life at least for Passover.351 …
Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…
Proofs from the apostolic writings, that Jesus Christ was one and the same, the only begotten Son of God, perfect God and perfect man. 1. But there are some who say that Jesus was merely a receptacle of Christ, upon whom the Christ, as a dove, descended from above, and that when He had declared the unnameable Father He entered into the Pleroma in an incomprehensible and invisib…
Recapitulation of the foregoing argument, showing that Abraham, through the revelation of the Word, knew the Father, and the coming of the Son of God. For this cause, he rejoiced to see the day of Christ, when the promises made to him should be fulfilled. The fruit of this rejoicing has flowed to posterity, viz., to those who are partakers in the faith of Abraham, but not to th…
Chapter 29.—Of the Beatific Vision. And now let us consider, with such ability as God may vouchsafe, how the saints shall be employed when they are clothed in immortal and spiritual bodies, and when the flesh shall live no longer in a fleshly but a spiritual fashion. And indeed, to tell the truth, I am at a loss to understand the nature of that employment, or, shall I rather sa…
1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:8 — We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • 2Pet 3:14 — Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • Gen 15:15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
  • Gen 46:30 — And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
  • Gen 46:30 — And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
  • Isa 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
  • Isa 57:2 — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • Luke 2:26 — And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  • Matt 13:16 — But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
  • Phil 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
  • Phil 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Prov 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
  • Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Rev 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll