This is part of a series of posts presenting the story of the incarnation of Christ from the Gospel of Luke.

Luke 2:25-28

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶ And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. ²⁷ And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, ²⁸ he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, . . . (see Part 10)

Miss Part 8, see it here. Want to see the entire passage from Luke? Look here. Or look up Luke 2:1-38.