LUKE 2:30 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

AICNT for my eyes have seen your salvation,

OEB for my eyes have seen the salvation

WEBBE for my eyes have seen your salvation,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For my eyes have seen your salvation

LSV because my eyes saw Your salvation,

FBV because I have seen for myself your salvation

TCNT for my eyes have seen yoʋr salvation,

T4T 29-32 Lord, you promised me that I would see the one [MTY] who would enable you to save people of all people-groups from the guilt of their sins. He will be [MET] like a light that will reveal your truth to non-Jews, and he will cause people to think highly of your people, the Israeli people. Since I [SYN] have now seen this one that you promised to send, now let me die peacefully.

LEB • For my eyes have seen your salvation

BBE For my eyes have seen your salvation,

Moff for mine eyes have seen thy saving power

Wymth Because mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,

ASV For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

DRA Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

YLT because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

Drby for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

RV For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
(For mine eyes have seen thy/your salvation, )

SLT For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Wbstr For my eyes have seen thy salvation,

KJB-1769 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
(For mine eyes have seen thy/your salvation, )

KJB-1611 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio,
(For mine eyes have seen thy/your saluatio,)

Gnva For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation,
(For mine eyes have seen thy/your salvation, )

Cvdl For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure,
(For mine eyes have seen thy/your Saviour,)

TNT For myne eyes have sene the saveour sent from the
(For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from the )

Wycl for myn iyen han seyn thin helthe,
(for mine eyes have seen thin health,)

Luth denn meine Augen haben deinen Heiland gesehen,
(because/than my eyes have your(s) saviour seen,)

ClVg quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum,
(because they_saw eyes my/mine to_greet your(sg), )

UGNT ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου,
(hoti eidon hoi ofthalmoi mou to sōtaʸrion sou,)

SBL-GNT ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου
(hoti eidon hoi ofthalmoi mou to sōtaʸrion sou)

RP-GNT ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου,
(hoti eidon hoi ofthalmoi mou to sōtaʸrion sou,)

TC-GNT ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου,
(hoti eidon hoi ofthalmoi mou to sōtaʸrion sou, )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:21–40: The baby Jesus at the temple

The events in this section happened some days after Jesus was born.

In 2:21–24, Luke mentioned three ceremonies that were done when Jewish boys were born:

the baby boy was circumcised;
the mother was ritually purified;
the baby boy was presented to God.

In 2:25–38 Luke described two other events that happened while Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were at the temple in Jerusalem. God allowed two righteous people named Simeon and Anna to see Jesus and to thank God for him. Simeon spoke a prophecy about Jesus and Mary.

In 2:39–40 Luke concluded the section. Joseph and Mary took Jesus back to their home in Nazareth, where he grew and became strong and wise. The Gospel of Matthew indicates that before they went to Nazareth, Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Egypt and stayed there for some time. Although Luke does not mention this, you should connect the clauses in 2:39 in a way that does not contradict it.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

Jesus’ Parents Obey Moses’ Teachings (GW)

Jesus Presented at the Temple (NASB)

Some English versions begin new sections at 2:25 and at 2:36. If you decide to do this in your translation, some possible headings are:

Simeon saw Jesus and prophesied about him (2:25)

Anna thanked God for Jesus and told others about him (2:36)

Simeon’s Prophecy (2:25)

Anna’s Prophecy (2:36)

2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

because I have now seen with my own eyes the salvation which comes from you.
because I have actually seen the person whom you have sent to save us.^(excl)

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

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

the Savior who comes from you

the person whom you have sent to save us

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου

saw the eyes (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μού τό σωτήριον σοῦ)

Simeon uses one part of himself, his eyes, to represent all of himself in the act of seeing. Alternate translation: [I have personally seen] or [I, myself, have seen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ σωτήριόν σου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μού τό σωτήριον σοῦ)

This expression refers by association to the person who would bring salvation, that is, the infant Jesus, whom Simeon was holding. Alternate translation: [the Savior whom you have sent]

Parallel LUKE 2:30

Section 2:21–40: The baby Jesus at the temple

2:30