A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 2:31

"Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;" — Luke 2:31 (ASV)

Of all the peoples (παντων των λαων). Not merely Jews. Another illustration of the universality of Luke's Gospel seen already in 1:70 in the hymn of Zacharias. The second strophe of the song according to Plummer showing what the Messiah will be to the world after having shown what the Messiah is to Simeon.