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For my eyes have seen your salvation,
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Salvation is a Person
Commentators unanimously explain that when Simeon says he has seen God's 'salvation,' he is referring to a person, not just an abstract idea. To see the infant Jesus was to see salvation embodied. As Albert Barnes puts it, he saw 'the one who is to bring about salvation.' To see Jesus is to see the very means and substance of our deliverance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thy salvation. The one who is to bring about salvation for his people; or, the Savior.
19th Century
Anglican
Mine eyes have seen thy salvation.—The Greek word is not the usual feminine noun expressing the abstract idea of salvatio…
Baptist
And blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, wh…
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Simeon’s psalm begins by emphasizing the fact that the Messiah has indeed come. “Dismiss” here means “allow to die”; peace is again stressed (cf. 2…
16th Century
Protestant
For my eyes have seen. This way of speaking is very common in Scripture. However, Simeon seems to refer specifically to the physical appea…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For mine eyes have seen your salvation The Messiah, who is often so called; see (Genesis 49:18) ([Refere…
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