Matthew 4:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

the people which sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them which sat in the region & shadowe of deeth, lyght is begone to shyne.

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  • Isa 9:2 : 2 Neuertheles ye people that haue dwelt in darcknesse, shal se a greate light. As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death, vpon them shal the light shyne.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 The LORDE maketh the vij. starres and the Oryons, he turneth the night in to daye, and off the daye he maketh darcknesse. He calleth ye waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: the LORDE is his name.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for the lightenynge of the Heythe, & for the prayse of yi people of Israel.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 And therfore get the vp by tymes, for thy light cometh, & the glory of ye LORDE shal ryse vp vpo ye. 2 For lo, while ye darknesse & cloude couereth the earth & the people, the LORDE shal shewe the light, & his glory shal be sene in the. 3 The Gentiles shal come to thy light, & kynges to the brightnes yt springeth forth vpo ye.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 but be couered with darcknesse, and the shadowe of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, and let it be lapped in with sorowe.
  • Job 10:22 : 22 yee into that darck clowdy londe & deadly shadowe, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe, yt can hyde the wicked doers from him.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Oure hert is not turned backe, nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye.
  • Ps 107:10-14 : 10 Soch as sat in darcknesse and in the shadowe of death, beynge fast bounde in misery & yron. 11 Because they were not obediet to the comaundementes of God, but lightly regarded the councell of the most highest. 12 Their herte was vexed with labor, they fell downe, & there was none to helpe them. 13 So they cried vnto the LORDE in their trouble, & he delyuered them out of their distresse. 14 He brought the out of darcknesse & out of the shadowe of death, & brake their bondes in sonder.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Honoure ye LORDE youre God herein, or he take his light from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at ye hill: lest whe ye loke for the light, he turne it in to ye shadowe and darknesse of death.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORDE haue called ye in rightuousnesse, & led the by the honde. Therfore wil I also defende the, & geue the for a couenaunt of the people, & to be the light of the Getiles. 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prysoners, & them that syt in darknesse, out of the dongeon house.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 O thou enemie of myne, reioyce not at my fall, for I shal get vp agayne: and though I syt in darcknesse, yet ye LORDE is my light.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Thorow the tender mercy of oure God, wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs. 79 That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.

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  • Isa 9:1-2
    2 verses
    90%

    1 Even like as in tyme past it hath bene well sene, that ye londe of Zabulon and the londe of Nepthali (where thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe of Galilee) was at the first in litle trouble, but afterward sore vexed.

    2 Neuertheles ye people that haue dwelt in darcknesse, shal se a greate light. As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death, vpon them shal the light shyne.

  • Luke 1:77-80
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    84%

    77 And to geue knowlege of saluacion vnto his people, for the remyssion of their synnes.

    78 Thorow the tender mercy of oure God, wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs.

    79 That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.

    80 And the childe grew, and waxed stronge in sprete, and was in the wyldernes, tyll the tyme that he shulde shewe him self vnto the people of Israel.

  • Matt 4:12-15
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    12 When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken, he departed into Galile

    13 and left Nazareth, and went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is a cite apon the see, in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim,

    14 yt the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet, sayinge:

    15 The londe of zabulon and Neptalim, the waye of the see beyonde Iordan, and Galile of the Gentyls,

  • Luke 2:31-32
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    76%

    31 who thou hast prepared before all people.

    32 A light for the lightenynge of the Heythe, & for the prayse of yi people of Israel.

  • Isa 60:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 And therfore get the vp by tymes, for thy light cometh, & the glory of ye LORDE shal ryse vp vpo ye.

    2 For lo, while ye darknesse & cloude couereth the earth & the people, the LORDE shal shewe the light, & his glory shal be sene in the.

    3 The Gentiles shal come to thy light, & kynges to the brightnes yt springeth forth vpo ye.

  • Matt 4:17
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    17 From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to preach, and to saye: Amende youre selues, ye kingdome of heauen is at honde.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4 In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:

    5 and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.

  • John 12:46
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    46 I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: The light is yet a litle whyle with you, walke whyle ye haue the light, that the darknesse fall not vpo you. He that walketh in the darknesse, woteth not whither he goeth.

    36 Beleue ye on the light, whyle ye haue it, that ye maye be the children of light. These thinges spake Iesus, and departed awaye, and hyd himself from them.

  • Matt 11:5
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    5 The blynde se, and the lame go: the lepers are clensed, and ye deaf heare: the deed aryse ageyne, and the gospell is preached to the poore:

  • John 3:19
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    19 But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell.

  • John 1:9
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    9 That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.

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

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35 Take hede therfore, that the light which is in the, be not darcknesse.

    36 Yf thy body now be light, so that it haue no parte of darknesse, then shal it be all full of light, and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge.

  • Luke 4:17-18
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    71%

    17 Then was there delyuered him the boke of ye prophet Esay. And whan he had turned ouer the boke, he founde the place where it is wrytten:

    18 The sprete of the LORDE is with me, because he hath anoynted me: to preach the Gospell vnto ye poore hath he sent me: to heale the broken harted: to preach delyuerauce to the captyue, and sight to the blynde: and frely to set at liberty them that are brused:

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16 Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 yee into that darck clowdy londe & deadly shadowe, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33 No man lighteth a candell, and putteth it in a preuy place, nether vnder a busshell, but vpon a candilsticke, that they which come in, maye se ye light.

  • Ps 107:10
    71%

    10 Soch as sat in darcknesse and in the shadowe of death, beynge fast bounde in misery & yron.

  • Matt 5:14
    70%

    14 Ye are the light of the worlde. A cite that is set on an hill, can not be hid:

  • Mark 1:14
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    14 But after that Ihon was taken, Iesus came in to Galile, and preached the gospell of the kyngdome of God,

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16 Honoure ye LORDE youre God herein, or he take his light from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at ye hill: lest whe ye loke for the light, he turne it in to ye shadowe and darknesse of death.

  • Eph 5:14
    70%

    14 Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte.

  • Isa 8:22
    69%

    22 and beholde, there is trouble and darcknesse, vexacion is rounde aboute him, and the cloude of erroure And out of soch aduersite, shall he not escape.

  • Mark 1:9
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    9 And it happened at the same tyme, that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth, and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan.

  • Matt 4:25
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    25 And ther folowed hym a greate nombre of people, from Galile, & from the ten cities, and from Ierusalem, and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordan.

  • Luke 3:4
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    4 As it is wrytte in ye boke of ye sayenges of Esaye the prophet, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes: prepare the waye of the LORDE, and make his pathes straight.

  • Isa 42:7
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    7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prysoners, & them that syt in darknesse, out of the dongeon house.

  • Ps 112:4
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    4 Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse: he is merciful, louynge & rightuous.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24 for as the lightenynge shyneth aboue from the heauen, and lighteth ouer all that is vnder the heaue, so shal the sonne of ma be in his daye.

  • Mark 4:21
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    21 And he sayde vnto the: Is a candle lighted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder a table? Is it not lighted, to be set vpon a candelsticke?

  • Ps 107:14
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    14 He brought the out of darcknesse & out of the shadowe of death, & brake their bondes in sonder.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24 whan Ihon had first preached before his comynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18 Then shal deaf men vnderstonde the wordes of the boke, and the eyes of the blynde shal se without eny cloude or darknes.

  • Col 1:13
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    13 Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne