Luke 2:26

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • John 8:51 : 51 ¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 ‹But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.›
  • Acts 2:36 : 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 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 : 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
  • Heb 1:8-9 : 8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
  • John 1:41 : 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
  • John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
  • Ps 89:48-49 : 48 What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] 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;
  • Dan 9:24-26 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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