{Righteous before God} (dikaioi enantion tou theou). Old
Testament conception and idiom. Cf.  2:25  about Simeon. Expanded
in Old Testament language. Picture of "noblest product of Old
Testament education" (Ragg) is Zacharias and Elisabeth, Mary and
Joseph, Simeon and Anna who were "privileged to see with clear
eyes the dawn of the New Testament revelation."