Luke 2:32

The Prophecy Of Simeon

³¹ You have prepared it
in the presence of all peoples—
³² a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and glory to Your people Israel. ³³ His father and mother were amazed at what was being said about Him.

Light to the Gentiles

Israel

Israelites

Joseph

Luke

Isaiah 49:6

He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 9:2

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your splendor.

Isaiah 4:2

On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

Isaiah 42:6-7

“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,
and I will hold You by Your hand.
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people
and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 45:25

All the descendants of Israel
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord shines over you.

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Psalm 85:9

His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?
(But they were not gods!)
Yet My people have exchanged their Glory
for useless idols.

Zechariah 2:5

The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”

Luke 2:10

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

Acts 13:47-48

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 28:28

Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

Romans 15:8-9

For I say that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

1 Corinthians 1:31

in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.