Matthew 4:16
the people who lived in darkness saw a great light, 2 to those who live in the land of the shadow of death, 2 to them light has dawned.” + 4:16. (15-16) Quoted from Is 9:1-2
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Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, 2 being bound in affliction and iron, 2
Isaiah 42:6+ 42:6 a MP: God leads and guides the Messiah in righteous. (John 5:19-20) “I, Adonai, have called you in righteousness, 2 + 42:6. MP: Messiah is God’s covenant with the people; he was trained and formed by God to accomplish this purpose. (See also Is 49:8b). (Matt 26:27-28; Eph 2:5-6; Heb 12:23-24) and will hold your hand, 2 and will keep you, 2 + 42:6 c MP: Messiah is a light to the Gentiles and the world. (See also context of Is 9:1-2, and Is 9:3, 49:6). (Luke 2:30-32; John 8:12) and make you a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· for the people, 2 as a light for the nations; 2
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:13-18
Opening of Christ's Ministry. 12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the… Read the whole commentary →