gCited Acts 13:47
Isaiah 42:6-7
6“I am the Lord; aI have called you ▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
in righteousness;I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you cas a covenant for the people,
da light for the nations,
7 eto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
ffrom the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isaiah 49:6
6he says:“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
gI will make you has a light for the nations,
that imy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 60:1-3
The Future Glory of Israel
1 jArise, shine, for your light has come,and kthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 lAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Malachi 4:2
2But for you mwho fear my name, nthe sun oof righteousness shall rise pwith healing in its wings. You shall go out qleaping like calves from the stall.John 1:4-9
4 rIn him was life, ▼▼Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him
and tthe life was the light of men. 5 uThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6There was a man vsent from God, whose name was wJohn. 7He came as a xwitness, to bear witness about the light, ythat all might believe through him. 8 zHe was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 aaThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
John 3:19-21
19 abAnd this is the judgment: acthe light has come into the world, and adpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because aetheir works were evil. 20 afFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, aglest his works should be exposed. 21But whoever ahdoes what is true aicomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”John 8:12
I Am the Light of the World
12 ajAgain Jesus spoke to them, saying, ak“I am the light of the world. Whoever alfollows me will not amwalk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 12:35-36
35So Jesus said to them, an“The light is among you aofor a little while longer. apWalk while you have the light, lest darkness aqovertake you. arThe one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become assons of light.”The Unbelief of the People
When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.John 12:46
46 atI have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
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