Luke 2:31
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Which you have prepared before the face of all people;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Which you have prepared before the face of all people;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Webster's Revision
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
World English Bible
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
English Revised Version (ERV)
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
Clarke's Luke 2:31 Bible Commentary
Which thou hast prepared - Ὁ ἡτοιμασας, which thou hast Made Ready before the face, in the presence, of all people. Here salvation is represented under the notion of a feast, which God himself has provided for the whole world; and to partake of which he has invited all the nations of the earth. There seems a direct allusion here to Isaiah 25:6, etc. "In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things," etc. Salvation is properly the food of the soul, by which it is nourished unto eternal life; he that receiveth not this, must perish for ever.
Barnes's Luke 2:31 Bible Commentary
Before the face of all people - Whom thou hast provided for all people, or whom thou dost design to "reveal" to all people.
