Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Of all the peoples (pantwn twn lawn). Not merely Jews. Another illustration of the universality of Luke's Gospel seen already in Luke 1:70 in the hymn of Zacharias. The second strophe of the song according to Plummer showing what the Messiah will be to the world after having shown what the Messiah is to Simeon.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 2:31:
Luke 1:13
1 Corinthians 2:9
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