Athanasius of Alexandria, on Luke 2:28

“He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said:”

“(non occ.) That is to say, the salvation wrought by Christ for the whole world. How then was it said above that he was watching for the consolation of Israel, but because he truly perceived in the spirit that consolation would be to Israel at that time when salvation was prepared for all people.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.