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Luke 2:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

see death: Ιδειν τον θανατον:, to see death, is a Hebraism for to die, exactly corresponding to ιψΰδ ξεϊ:. Psalms 89:49; Luke 9:27; Psalms 89:48; John 8:51; Hebrews 11:5

the Lord's: Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:6; Isaiah 61:1; Daniel 9:24-26; John 1:41, John 4:29, John 20:31; Acts 2:36, Acts 9:20; Acts 10:38, Acts 17:3; Hebrews 1:8-9

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