²⁹ "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, According to your word, in peace;

¹⁵ But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.{"Christ" (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.

¹ The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

² He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

²³ But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

¹³ I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

³⁰ Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."