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29 Lord, thou wilt grant thy servant a happy death, according to thy promise.
30 for mine eyes have beheld the saviour,
31 whom thou hast provided for all mankind, a light to lighten the Gentiles,
32 and the glory of thy people Israel."
33 Joseph and the mother of Jesus were surprized to hear such things pronounc'd concerning him.
34 then Simeon gave them his benediction, and said to Mary his mother, "the child you now see, shall occasion many in Israel to fall and rise again; he will be the Object of calumny,
35 which like a dart will pierce even thro' your own soul, that thereby the sincerity of many may be revealed."
36 There was likewise one Anna a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was of a great age, and had liv'd in a married state but seven years ever since she was a virgin: