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A light for the nations
Isaiah's servant would be a light to the nations as well as the restorer of Israel. Holding a forty-day- old child, Simeon said he had seen that light.
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Strong allusion or echo
New TestamentLuke 2:32Open this recordRead the earlier witness
he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” Read the later witness
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.” Why FaithGraph draws this line
Luke 2:32 alludes to Isaiah 49:6.
Simeon calls the child a light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory for Israel, echoing the servant songs' light for the nations.
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