Isaiah 49:6
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6 Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a (A)light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Acts 13:47
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47 For so the Lord has commanded us:
(A)‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,
Luke 2:32
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32 (A)A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Luke 24:46-47
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46 Then He said to them, (A)“Thus it is written, [a]and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and (B)remission of sins should be preached in His name (C)to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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- Luke 24:46 NU that the Christ should suffer and rise
Isaiah 52:10
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10 (A)The Lord has [a]made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of (B)all the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:10 Revealed His power
Psalm 98:2-3
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2 (A)The Lord has made known His salvation;
(B)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the [a]nations.
3 He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
(C)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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- Psalm 98:2 Gentiles
Isaiah 60:3
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3 The (A)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
Isaiah 11:10
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10 “And(A) in that day (B)there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a (C)banner to the people;
For the (D)Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”
John 1:4-9
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4 (A)In Him was life, and (B)the life was the light of men. 5 And (C)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a (D)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (E)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (F)believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (G)Light. 9 (H)That[b] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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Isaiah 46:13
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13 (A)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation (B)shall not [a]linger.
And I will place (C)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:13 delay
Isaiah 24:14-16
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14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Therefore (A)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
(B)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, [a]“I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
(C)The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:16 Lit. Leanness to me, leanness to me
2 Kings 3:18
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18 And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
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2 Kings 20:10
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10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten [a]degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees.”
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- 2 Kings 20:10 Lit. steps
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