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I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles],

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15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, in the [a]way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles [of the [b]peoples who are not of Israel]—(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:15 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek.
  2. Matthew 4:15 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek.

16 The people who sat [a](dwelt enveloped) in darkness have seen a great Light, and for those who sat in the land and shadow of death Light has dawned.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:16 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.

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