Luke 2:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁶ And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And it had been divinely revealed (communicated) to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Common English Bible

²⁶ The Holy Spirit revealed to him that he wouldn’t die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And he had received an answer from the Holy Spirit: that he would not see his own death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

Luke 2:26 Cross References

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Psalm 2:6

Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord GODis upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord GODwill do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Matthew 2:12

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Luke 2:29

Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Luke 9:27

But I tell you of a truth, There be some of them that stand here, which shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

John 1:41

He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

John 20:31

but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.

John 4:29

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?

John 8:51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.

Acts 10:38

even Jesus of Nazareth, how that God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 17:3

opening and alleging, that it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

Acts 2:36

Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

Acts 9:20

And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for before his translation he hath had witness borne to him that he had been well-pleasing unto God: