THE SAVING THING — a NEUTER noun, the means of rescue, distinct from sōtēria (salvation, feminine) and sōtēr (saviour, masculine). ⚠ At Luke 2:30 Simeon is holding a baby and says 'my eyes have seen your sōtērion' — grammatically, he calls the child a WHAT rather than a who. Every version prints 'your salvation', which is right and loses the gender. → first discussed at Luke 2:30