[a]The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;(A)
a light has dawned
on those living in the land of darkness.(B)

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  1. Isaiah 9:2 Is 9:1 in Hb

Ministry in Galilee

12 When He heard that John had been arrested,(A) He withdrew into Galilee.(B) 13 He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum(C) by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

15 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the sea road, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles!
16 The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.[a](D)[b]

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  1. Matthew 4:16 Lit dawned on them
  2. Matthew 4:16 Is 9:1-2

14 The Word(A) became flesh[a](B)
and took up residence[b] among us.
We observed His glory,(C)
the glory as the One and Only(D) Son[c] from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me(E) has surpassed me,(F)
because He existed before me.’”)(G)
16 Indeed, we have all received grace(H) after grace
from His fullness,
17 for the law was given through Moses,(I)
grace and truth(J) came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God.[d]
The One and Only(K) Son[e]
the One who is at the Father’s(L) side[f]
He has revealed Him.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:14 The eternally existent Word (vv. 1-2) took on full humanity but without sin; Heb 4:15.
  2. John 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled; this word occurs only here in John. A related word, referring to the Festival of Tabernacles, occurs only in 7:2; Ex 40:34-38.
  3. John 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.
  4. John 1:18 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18-23.
  5. John 1:18 Other mss read God
  6. John 1:18 Lit is in the bosom of the Father

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