素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上 He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.

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在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面；這人又公義又虔誠，素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。
路加福音 2:25 (和合本)
At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.
Luke 2:25 NLT

他受了聖靈的感動，進入聖殿，正遇見耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來，要照律法的規矩辦理。
路加福音 2:27 (和合本)
That day the Spirit led him to the Temple. So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required,
Luke 2:27 NLT

他作王第八年，尚且年幼，就尋求他祖大衛的神。到了十二年才潔淨猶大和耶路撒冷，除掉邱壇、木偶、雕刻的像，和鑄造的像。
歷代志下 34:3 (和合本)
During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
2 Chronicles 34:3 NLT

約西亞從以色列各處將一切可憎之物盡都除掉，使以色列境內的人都事奉耶和華他們的神。約西亞在世的日子，就跟從耶和華他們列祖的神，總不離開。

歷代志下 34:33 (和合本)
So Josiah removed all detestable idols from the entire land of Israel and required everyone to worship the Lord their God. And throughout the rest of his lifetime, they did not turn away from the Lord , the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 34:33 NLT

約西亞作王第八年就尋求神，但到了第十二年"才"潔淨環境、除掉偶像。中間那幾年在做什麼？ 我相信一個人的戒除罪、專心尋求主是不容易的過程，裡面必須經歷外人看不見的許多痛苦掙扎，到某一天時機成熟，上帝賜下信心時，就會出現做為。我們對自己、對他人的捨罪取義，都當持續禱告，盼望結果的那一天。