Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 2:31

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

KJV

ὃ ἡτοίμασας κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν λαῶν,

Greek NT

quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum :

Vulgate

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

ASV

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἑτοιμάζω
etoimazo
verb · 41×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

5 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 …

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
  • Acts 15:14 — Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
  • Isa 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Ps 98:2 — The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.