Matthew 4:16

the people that walked [or that dwelt] in darknesses saw (a) great light (or the people who lived in darkness saw a great light), and while men sat in the country of [the] shadow of death, light arose to them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

In Context

15The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea over (the) Jordan (River), of Galilee of heathen men (or in Galilee of the Gentiles),

17From that time Jesus began to preach, and [to] say, Do ye penance, for the kingdom of heavens shall come nigh, [or Do ye penance, for the realm of heaven hath nighed], (or Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near).

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Cross References

Job 3:5Darkness make it dark, and the shadow of death and of mist occupy it; and be it wrapped with bitterness. (Let darkness make it dark, and the shadow of death and mist fill it full; and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.)

Job 34:22No darknesses be, neither no shadow of death is, that they, that work wickedness, be hid there; (There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where they, who work wickedness, can be hid;)

Psalms 107:10God delivered men sitting in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and men imprisoned in beggary, and in iron (s).

Isaiah 42:6I the Lord have called thee in rightfulness, and I took thine hand, and kept thee, and I gave thee into a bond of peace of the people, and into light of folks. (I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and I took thy hand, and kept thee, and I gave thee to be a covenant for the people, and a light for the nations.)

Jeremiah 13:16Give ye glory to your Lord God, before that it wax dark, and before that your feet hurt at [the] dark hills; ye shall abide light, and he shall set it into the shadow of death, and into darkness. (Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before that it grow dark, and before that your feet stumble on the dark hills; ye shall wait for the light, but he shall turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.)

Micah 7:8Thou, mine enemy, be not glad on me (or do not be happy over me), for I fell down, (for) I shall rise (up again); (and) when I sit in darknesses, the Lord is my light.

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 →

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