Bible Cross References
rejoiced
Genesis 22:18
All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants---all because you obeyed my command."
Luke 2:28-30
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Simeon took the child in his arms and gave thanks to God:
29
"Now, Lord, you have kept your promise, and you may let your servant go in peace.
30
With my own eyes I have seen your salvation,
Luke 10:24
I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not."
Galatians 3:7-9
7
You should realize, then, that the real descendants of Abraham are the people who have faith.
8
The scripture predicted that God would put the Gentiles right with himself through faith. And so the scripture announced the Good News to Abraham: "Through you God will bless all people."
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Abraham believed and was blessed; so all who believe are blessed as he was.
Hebrews 11:13
It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.
Hebrews 11:39
What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised,
1 Peter 1:10-12
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It was concerning this salvation that the prophets made careful search and investigation, and they prophesied about this gift which God would give you.
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They tried to find out when the time would be and how it would come. This was the time to which Christ's Spirit in them was pointing, in predicting the sufferings that Christ would have to endure and the glory that would follow.
12
God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News by the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things which even the angels would like to understand.