“They say, too, that Simeon, "who took Christ into his arms, and gave thanks to God, and said, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word," [Luke 2:28] was a type of the Demiurge, who, on the arrival of the Saviour, learned his own change of place, and gave thanks to Bythus.”
Irenaeus, 3th c. — Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter 8)
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28Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
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26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
— Luke 2:28 —
29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: