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27God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
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For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-29)We have here an illustrious prophecy of the humiliation and exaltation of our Lord Jesus, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow. Peter thus applies it directly to the chief priests and scribes, and none of them could charge him with misapplying it, Acts 4:11. Now observe here, I. The preface with which this precious prophecy is introduced, Ps. 118:19-21. 1. The psalmist desires admissio…
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