Luke 1:79

People who do not know God [MET] are like those who sit in the darkness. They are afraid [MTY] that they will soon die. But when the Messiah tells us God’s message, it will be like causing such people to see a bright light. He will guide us [SYN] so that we will be living peacefully.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

In Context

78Our God will do that because he is very kind to us. Just like a new day begins when the sun rises [MET], God will do that new thing for us when the Messiah comes to us from heaven.

80Later, Zechariah’s son grew up and became spiritually strong. Then he lived in a desolate region until he began to preach to the Israeli people.

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Cross References

Job 10:22a place of darkness and dark shadows, where everything is confused/disordered, where even a small amount of light there is like darkness (OR, there is no light, only darkness).’”

Psalms 25:8Yahweh is good and fair/just; therefore he shows sinners ◄how they should conduct their lives/how to live as you want them to►.

Psalms 44:19But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark ravine.

Psalms 107:10Some of them were in very dark [HEN] ◄places in Babylonia/other countries►; they were prisoners, suffering because of chains fastened to their hands and feet.

Proverbs 3:17If you are wise, your life will be pleasant, and things will go well for you.

Isaiah 9:2Some day, it will be as though [MET] the people who walked in darkness will see a great light. A great light will shine on those who live in a land where they have great troubles/distress.

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 →

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