Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
29. Thou now sendest thy servant away From this song it is sufficiently evident, that Simeon looked at the Son of God with different eyes from the eyes of flesh. For the outward beholding of Christ could have produced no feeling but contempt, or, at least, would never have imparted such satisfaction to the mind of the holy man, as to make him joyful and...
Christ needed honor from the godly to balance the offense of His lowly birth and silent presentation. Simeon, a man of singular piety and communion with God, was moved by the Holy Ghost to bear witness to the child, a testimony that should have opened the priests' eyes to their Saviour, had they not been willfully blind.
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Commenting on Luke 2:25-40
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant,.... He acknowledges him as his Lord, and to have a despotic power over him with respect to life and death; and himself as his servant, which he was, both by creation and grace: and though it expresses humiliation, and a sense of distance and unworthiness, yet to be a servant of the most high God, is a very high...