Luke 2:30

Luke 2:30. Have seen. These words are emphatic; probably the tradition respecting previous blindness was suggested by them.

Thy salvation, i.e., the Messianic deliverance. He sees the world's salvation, while beholding the form of a helpless child. The prominence given by Simeon to ‘salvation' rather than to the person of the child, confirms the early date of the song. It also indicates that Simeon had not heard of the wonderful occurrences which preceded.

Vcr. 31. All peoples, both Jews and Gentiles, as the next verse shows. The past tense is used from a prophetic point of view, as in the songs of Mary and Zacharias.