19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,

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19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?(A)

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All the bright lights of heaven
    will I make dark over you,
    and (A)put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord God.

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All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(A) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(B)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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I Am the Light of the World

12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (C)follows me will not (D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(A) the light of the world.(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(C)

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(A)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

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The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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The Death of Jesus

45 Now from the sixth hour[a] there was darkness over all the land[b] until the ninth hour.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:45 That is, noon
  2. Matthew 27:45 Or earth
  3. Matthew 27:45 That is, 3 p.m.

The Death of Jesus(A)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(B) came over all the land.

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13 For behold, (A)he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
    and (B)declares to man what is his thought,
(C)who makes the morning darkness,
    and (D)treads on the heights of the earth—
    (E)the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

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13 He who forms the mountains,(A)
    who creates the wind,(B)
    and who reveals his thoughts(C) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth(D)
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.(E)

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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
    (B)before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
    on the twilight mountains,
and (C)while you look for light
    he turns it into gloom
    and makes it (D)deep darkness.

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16 Give glory(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(C)

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I form light and create darkness;
    I make well-being and (A)create calamity;
    I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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28 He (A)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they (B)did not rebel[a] against his words.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not

28 He sent darkness(A) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against(B) his words?

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20 (A)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.

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20 You bring darkness,(A) it becomes night,(B)
    and all the beasts of the forest(C) prowl.

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11 He made darkness his covering, his (A)canopy around him,
    thick clouds (B)dark with water.

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11 He made darkness his covering,(A) his canopy(B) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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12 “Have you (A)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (B)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be (C)shaken out of it?

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12 “Have you ever given orders to the morning,(A)
    or shown the dawn its place,(B)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked(C) out of it?(D)

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19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (A)the sun and the moon and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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