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Luke 2:30

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

KJV

ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου,

Greek NT

quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum,

Vulgate

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

ASV

Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

σωτήριον
soterion
adjective · 5×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Themes

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

6 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 …
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…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 23:1 — Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
  • Acts 4:10 — Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before y
  • Acts 28:28 — Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
  • Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
  • Gen 49:18 — I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
  • Hab 3:18 — Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
  • Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Isa 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou
  • Isa 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
  • Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
  • John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  • John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • Luke 2:10 — And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
  • Luke 3:6 — And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • Luke 3:6 — And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • Luke 19:9 — And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  • Ps 21:6 — For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
  • Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Ps 35:3 — Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
  • Ps 40:10 — I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
  • Ps 50:23 — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
  • Ps 62:1 — Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
  • Ps 67:2 — That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
  • Ps 88:1 — O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
  • Ps 91:16 — With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
  • Ps 132:17 — There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.