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LUKE 2:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 2:31Luke 2:33
“A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.”
A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel — the two-part description of the salvation's purpose: light for revelation (apokalypsin) to the Gentiles (ethnōn) and glory (doxan) to Israel. The Isaiah 49:6 background (I will make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth) is the scriptural ground. The Gentiles receive revelation; Israel receives glory. Both receive the same salvation through the same child, but the specific gift to each is named differently.

Church Fathers on Luke 2:32

If we marvel to hear that a woman was healed by touching the hem of a garment, what must we think of Simeon, who received an Infant in his arms, and rejoiced seeing that the little one he carried was He who had come to let loose the captive! Knowing that no one could release him from the chains of the body with the hope of future life, but He whom he held in his arms. Therefore it is said, And he blessed God, saying, Lord, now let you your servant depart.

Origen · 3rd century

When he says Lord, he confesses that He is the very Lord of both life and death, and so acknowledges the Child whom he held in his arms to be God.

Theophylact · 11th century

If you examine the words of the righteous, you will find that they all sorrow over this world and its mournful delay. Alas me! says David, that my habitation is prolonged.

Basil the Great · 4th century
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