Luke 1:79

to illumine those who sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

78through the bowels of mercy of our God; with which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on high,

80And the child grew, and became mighty in spirit, and was in the deserts until the days of his public exhibition to Israel.

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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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