26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-40)Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we may not be offended at his being presented in the temple, like other children born in sin, and without any manner of solemnity peculiar to him, but silently, and in the crowd of other children, Simeon a…
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