Isaiah 9:2

New International Version

²The people walking in darkness^(A)
have seen a great light;^(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness^(C)
a light has dawned.^(D)

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Isaiah 9:2 in all English translations

Acts 2:25-33

New International Version

²⁵David said about him:

“‘I saw the Lord always before me.
    Because he is at my right hand,
    I will not be shaken.
²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest in hope,
²⁷because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.^(A)
²⁸You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’^[a]^(B)

²⁹“Fellow Israelites,^(C) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch^(D) David died and was buried,^(E) and his tomb is here^(F) to this day. ³⁰But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.^(G) ³¹Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.^(H) ³²God has raised this Jesus to life,^(I) and we are all witnesses^(J) of it. ³³Exalted^(K) to the right hand of God,^(L) he has received from the Father^(M) the promised Holy Spirit^(N) and has poured out^(O) what you now see and hear.

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Footnotes

Acts 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)

1 Peter 1:3-4

New International Version

Praise to God for a Living Hope

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!^(A) In his great mercy^(B) he has given us new birth^(C) into a living hope^(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,^(E) ⁴and into an inheritance^(F) that can never perish, spoil or fade.^(G) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,^(H)