Luke 2:26

Plain English Version

Before that time, the Holy Spirit told him, “You will stay alive until you see the special man that God will send to save his people. He is called the Christ.”

Cross References

Matthew 2:12

After that, the wise men had a dream. In that dream God told them not to go back to Herod, so they went back to their own country along a different road.

Luke 2:29

“Now, God, I can die happy, just like you promised me,

John 20:31

But I wrote about some of the things he did so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us, and so that you can believe that he is God’s son. And if you believe in him, you will live with God for ever.

John 4:29

“Come and see a man that told me everything I ever did. Maybe he is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send, the one that we have been waiting for.”

John 8:51

Listen, I am telling you straight, if anyone does what I say, they will never finish up.”

Acts 10:38

Then God gave Jesus the Holy Spirit, and he gave him power to do his special work. Jesus was from a town called Nazareth, and he went everywhere doing good things. Some people were sick, and the devil, the boss over the bad spirits, was giving them big trouble. But Jesus made them all better. You see, God was with him.

Acts 2:36

Then Peter said, “So all of you Israel mob have to be sure about this. You know, you got the soldiers to nail Jesus to a cross and kill him. But God made him alive again, and God made him our boss. Yes, he is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us.”

Acts 9:20

As soon as Saul was strong again, he started talking to the Jewish people in their meeting houses. He told them, “Jesus is God’s son.”