Luke 1:79

The coming light shines on those in darkness and death to lead them into peace. It matters because Christ rescues people lost in spiritual gloom and gives them peace with God.

Cross-references · 35

• Isa 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• Matt 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• Isa 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
• Ps 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
• Ps 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
• Isa 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
• Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
• Isa 57:19–21bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
• John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
• Jer 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
• Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
• Matt 11:28–29Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• 1 Jn 1:5–7And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Ps 25:8–10Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
• Isa 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
• Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• Isa 48:22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
• Rom 3:17and the way of peace they have not known.”
• 1 Th 5:4–5But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.
• Ps 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
• Ps 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
• Jer 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
• Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
• Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
• Isa 59:8The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
• Prov 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
• Prov 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
• Ps 85:10–13Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

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