Three times Luke tells us that the Spirit was with Simeon (Luke 2:25, 26, 27). He enters “by the Spirit” into the temple, and there “ses” the fulfillment of his hopes for the “consolation” ( paraklesis ) of Israel. In the Spirit Simeon “sees” salvation, “sees” the light of apocalypse.
Simeon is a seer, with an experience that anticipates the later revelation in the Spirit to John on Patmos.
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