2:30

For: The conjunction For introduces the reason why Simeon could die in peace. He could die in peace because he had seen the salvation of the Lord.

my eyes have seen: The expression my eyes have seen is an emphatic way of saying “I have seen.” Some other ways to express this are:

I have really/actually seen
-or-
I have seen with my own eyes

Your salvation: The phrase Your salvation is another way to refer to “the Lord’s Christ” (2:26b). Simeon described the Christ as Your (God’s) salvation because the Christ was the one whom God had sent to save people.

Some ways to translate Your salvation are:

the salvation that comes from you
-or-
the Savior who comes from you
-or-
the person whom you have sent to save us

See save in the Glossary (see the note on salvation).

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