Luke 1:79
to give light to those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
78through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us,
Cross References
Job 10:22The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.
Psalms 25:8Good and righteous is the LORD; Therefore showeth he to sinners the way.
Psalms 44:19Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
Psalms 107:10They dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;
Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Isaiah 9:2The people that walk in darkness behold a great light; They who dwell in the land of death-like shade, Upon them a light shineth.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →