Luke 2:32

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a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

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  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 13:47-48 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.
  • Acts 28:28 : 28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and lovely for those who have escaped of Israel.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.
  • Luke 2:10 : 10 And the angel said to them, Do not fear, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people.
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 That, as it is written, He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.

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  • Luke 2:29-31
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    29Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace, according to your word,

    30for my eyes have seen your salvation,

    31which you have prepared before the face of all people,

  • Luke 1:76-80
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    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

    77To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,

    78Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us,

    79To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

    80And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

  • Isa 9:1-2
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    1Nevertheless, the gloom will not be as it was in her distress, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.

  • 6And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

  • Matt 4:14-16
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    14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    15The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

    16The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.

  • Isa 60:1-3
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    1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

    2For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.

    3And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

  • Luke 2:33-35
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    33And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him.

    34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

    35(yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

  • 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

  • 47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

  • 41These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him.

  • 16He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

  • 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.

  • Luke 1:68-69
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    68Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,

    69And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

  • 54He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy,

  • 17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 2:9-12
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    9And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

    10And the angel said to them, Do not fear, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people.

    11For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

    12And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

  • 20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them.

  • Isa 42:6-7
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    6I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

    7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

  • 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • Luke 2:25-26
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    25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

    26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

  • 22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

  • 8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted upon Israel.

  • 3He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

  • 5And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified beyond the border of Israel.

  • 10The LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

  • 5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all humanity shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

  • 17And when they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

  • 10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand as a sign for the people; to it the Gentiles shall seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

  • 2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

  • 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 6And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel.