Isaiah 49:6
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6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Acts 13:47
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47 (A)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
(B)“‘I have made you (C)a light for the Gentiles,
that you may (D)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I am the Lord; (A)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (B)as a covenant for the people,
(C)a light for the nations,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
Luke 2:32
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Isaiah 60:3
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3 (A)And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Luke 24:46-47
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46 and said to them, “Thus (A)it is written, (B)that the Christ should suffer and on the third day (C)rise from the dead, 47 and that (D)repentance for[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed (E)in his name (F)to all nations, (G)beginning from Jerusalem.
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- Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts and
Psalm 98:2-3
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Isaiah 52:10
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10 (A)The Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
(B)and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.
John 1:4-9
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4 (A)In him was life,[a] and (B)the life was the light of men. 5 (C)The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man (D)sent from God, whose name was (E)John. 7 He came as a (F)witness, to bear witness about the light, (G)that all might believe through him. 8 (H)He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 (I)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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- John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him
Isaiah 11:10
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10 In that day (A)the root of (B)Jesse, who shall stand as (C)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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Isaiah 46:13
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13 (A)I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
and my salvation will not delay;
(B)I will put salvation in Zion,
for Israel my glory.”
Isaiah 24:14-16
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14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.[a]
15 (A)Therefore in the east[b] give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16 (B)From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to (C)the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For (D)the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:14 Hebrew from the sea
- Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
2 Kings 20:10
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10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow (A)to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.”
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2 Kings 3:18
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18 This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will also give the Moabites into your hand,
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