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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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Old TestamentIsaiah 49:6Open this record
Strong allusion or echo
New TestamentLuke 2:32Open this record

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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.”
Isaiah 49:6 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.”
Luke 2:32 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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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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