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Luke 1:79

Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

To give light to them that sit in darkness,.... God's elect among the Jews, who were not only in a state of unregeneracy, which is a state of darkness, ignorance, and unbelief; but in the darkness of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To give light ... - See the notes at Mat 4:16. To guide our feet ... - The figure in these verses is taken from travelers, who, being overtaken by night, know not what to do, and who wait patiently…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 1:67-80

We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened; in it he is said to prophesy (Luk 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying; for he foretold things to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

in the shadow of death The Hebrew Tsalmaveth. Job 10:21; Job 38:17; Psa 23:4; Psa 107:10; Isa 9:2; Mat 4:16, &c.