Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 2:30

"For mine eyes have seen thy salvation," — Luke 2:30 (ASV)

Mine eyes have seen thy salvation.—The Greek word is not the usual feminine noun expressing the abstract idea of salvation, but the neuter of the adjective—that which brings or works out salvation. Its use here is probably determined by its appearance in the Septuagint version of Isaiah 52:10, as quoted in Luke 3:6. He saw in that infant child the means of deliverance for the world.