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Luke 2:25

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

Well is he called righteous who sought not his own good, but the good of his nation, as it follows, Waiting for the consolation of Israel. He desired indeed to be loosed from the chains of bodily infirmity, but he wails to see the promise, for he knew, Happy are those eyes which shall see it.

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