Thrilled and deeply appreciative, Simeon embraced the infant and prayed: “Now, Sovereign Lord, you are letting your slave go free in peace according to your declaration; because my eyes have seen your means of saving. ” ​ — Luke 2: 25 - 35.
यहोवाने त्याला वचन दिले होते की, “ख्रिस्ताला पाहण्याअगोदर तुला मरण येणार नाही. ”