“I am the Lord, I have (A)called You in righteousness,
I will also (B)hold You by the hand and (C)watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a (D)covenant to the people,
As a (E)light to the nations,

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He says, “It is too [a]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the (A)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a (B)light [b]of the nations
So that My salvation may [c]reach to the (C)end of the earth.”

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  1. Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
  2. Isaiah 49:6 Or to
  3. Isaiah 49:6 Lit be

10 The Lord has bared His holy (A)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
[a]So that (B)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

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  1. Isaiah 52:10 Or And all...will see

(A)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, (A)I am the Light of the world; (B)the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

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47 For so the Lord has commanded us,

(A)I have appointed You as a (B)light [a]to the Gentiles,
That You may [b]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:47 Lit of
  2. Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation

23 as to (A)whether the [a]Christ was [b]to suffer, and whether, as (B)first from the resurrection of the dead, He would proclaim (C)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:23 I.e., Messiah
  2. Acts 26:23 Lit subject to suffering

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