14 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

15 (A)The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
[a]By the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the [b]Gentiles
16 (B)The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

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  1. Matthew 4:15 Or Toward the sea
  2. Matthew 4:15 Lit nations, usually non-Jewish

14 to fulfill(A) what was said through the prophet Isaiah:

15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
    the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
    Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people living in darkness
    have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
    a light has dawned.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 4:16 Isaiah 9:1,2

And yet they had no child, because Elizabeth was infertile, and they were both advanced in [a]years.

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  1. Luke 1:7 Lit days

But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

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according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot (A)to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

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he was chosen by lot,(A) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.(B)

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32 (A)A light for revelation [a]for the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

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  1. Luke 2:32 Lit of the Gentiles

32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”(A)

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(A)In Him was life, and the life was (B)the Light of mankind. And (C)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overpower

In him was life,(A) and that life was the light(B) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(C) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(D)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood