Luke 2:31 (ASV)

Passage

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

Nearby Context

Luke 2:29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

Luke 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Luke 2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

Luke 2:32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

Luke 2:33 And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "prepared", "before", "face", and "peoples". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "For mine eyes have seen thy salvation..." into verse 32's "A light for revelation to the Gentiles...", so "thou" and "hast" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.