Matthew 4:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The people, which sate in darknesse, sawe great lyght: And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death, lyght is sprong vp.

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee. 2 For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee. 3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the dimme cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse.
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death.
  • Ps 107:10-14 : 10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron. 11 Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde: and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest. 12 Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines: they fall downe, and there is none to helpe them. 13 And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth the out of their distresse. 14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the Lorde haue called thee in righteousnesse, and wyll holde thee by the hande, and wyll also defende thee, and geue thee for a couenaunt of the people, to be the light of the gentiles. 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 O thou enemie of myne reioyce not at my fall, for I shall rise againe: & though I sit in darkenesse, yet the Lorde is my light.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

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  • Isa 9:1-2
    2 verses
    90%

    1 Neuerthelesse, the darknesse shall not be suche as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the lande Zabulon, and the lande of Nephthali, and afterwarde dyd more greeuously afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Iordane in Galilee of the heathen.

    2 The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.

  • Luke 1:77-80
    4 verses
    84%

    77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes.

    78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs.

    79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

    80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.

  • Matt 4:12-15
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    83%

    12 When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp, he departed into Galilee,

    13 And left Nazareth, and went & dwelt in Capernaum, whiche is (a citie) vpon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim.

    14 That it myght be fulfylled, whiche was spoken by Esayas the prophete, saying:

    15 The lande of Zabulon, & Nephthalim, (by) the way of the sea beyonde Iordane, Galilee of the Gentiles.

  • Luke 2:31-32
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    76%

    31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people:

    32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  • Isa 60:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee.

    2 For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee.

    3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.

  • Matt 4:17
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    17 From that tyme, Iesus began to preache, and to saye: Repent, for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande.

  • John 1:4-5
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    74%

    4 In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,

    5 And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

  • John 12:46
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    46 I am come a lyght into ye worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, should not byde in darknesse.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35 Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.

    36 Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, & hyd hym selfe from the.

  • Matt 11:5
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    5 The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell.

  • John 3:19
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    19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.

  • John 1:9
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    9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    71%

    35 Take heede therefore, that the lyght which is in thee, be not darknes.

    36 If all thy body therfore be cleare, hauyng no part darke, then shall it all be full of lyght, euen as when a candle doth lyght thee with bryghtnes.

  • Luke 4:17-18
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    71%

    17 And there was deliuered vnto hym the booke of the prophete Esaias: And whe he had opened the booke, he founde the place where it was written,

    18 The spirite of the Lord vpon me, because he hath annoynted me, to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me, to heale the broken hearted, to preache deliueraunce to the captiue, & recouering of syght to the blynde, freely to set at libertie them that are bruised:

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33 No man lyghteth a candle, & putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a busshell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in may see the lyght,

  • Ps 107:10
    71%

    10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron.

  • Matt 5:14
    70%

    14 Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd.

  • Mark 1:14
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    14 After that Iohn was deliuered to prison Iesus came into Galilee, preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome of God,

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death.

  • Eph 5:14
    70%

    14 Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And beholde there is trouble and darknesse, dymnesse is rounde about him, & he shalbe driuen into darknesse.

  • Mark 1:9
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    9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came fro Nazareth, of Galilee, & was baptized of Iohn in Iordane.

  • Matt 4:25
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    25 And there folowed him great multitudes of people, from Galilee, and from the ten cities, and from Hierusalem, and from Iurie, and from the regions (that lye) beyonde Iordane.

  • Luke 3:4
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    4 As it is writte in ye booke of the wordes of Esaias the prophete, saying: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernesse, prepare ye the way of ye Lorde, make his pathes strayght.

  • Isa 42:7
    69%

    7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4 There ariseth vp light in the darknes: vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful, and louing, and righteous.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24 For as the lyghtnyng, that lyghtneth out of the one part that is vnder heauen, and shyneth vnto the other part which is vnder heauen: so shall the sonne of man be in his daye.

  • Mark 4:21
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    21 And he saide vnto them: Is the candle lyghted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder the table? And not to be put on a candelsticke?

  • Ps 107:14
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    14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24 When Iohn had first preached before his commyng, the baptisme of repentaunce to all the people of Israel.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blynde shall see, euen out of the cloude, and out of darknesse.

  • Col 1:13
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    13 Who hath delyuered vs from the power of darcknesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare sonne.