Luke 1:79
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
78Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
Cross References
Job 10:22A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.
Psalms 44:19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalms 107:10Such as sat in darkness and in 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 walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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 →