That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
The people which sat in darkness,.... The inhabitants of Galilee, who sat or "walked", as in Isaiah; that is, continued in spiritual darkness, in ignorance, blindness, error, and infidelity, "saw…
That it might be fulfilled ... - This place is recorded in Isa 9:1-2. Matthew has given the sense, but not the very words of the prophet. For the meaning of the passage as employed by Isaiah, see the…
We have here an account of Christ's preaching in the synagogues of Galilee, for he came into the world to be a Preacher; the great salvation which he wrought out, he himself began to publish (Heb 2:3)…
Cambridge Bible
Esaias Read the whole of the prophecy (ch. Mat 8:11 to Mat 9:6) which is unfortunately broken in the E. V. by the division into Chapter s.
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