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Matthew 4:16The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκοτίᾳ φῶς εἶδεν μέγα, καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς.
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Matthew 4:16The Bible in Living English
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16 the people that was sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those who were sitting in the country and shadow of death a light has risen,” might be fulfilled.
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Matthew 4:16American Standard Version
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16 The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
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Matthew 4:16The Emphasized Bible
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16 The people that was sitting in darkness A great light beheld,—And on them who were sitting in land and shade of death Light rose on them.
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Matthew 4:16King James Version
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16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 4New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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a great light: In fulfillment of Isaiah’s Messianic prophecy, Jesus performed much of his public ministry in Galilee, in the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali. (Mt 4:13, 15) Thus, Jesus brought spiritual enlightenment to those who were thought to be in spiritual darkness and who were held in contempt even by their fellow Jews in Judea.—Joh 7:52.
deathly shadow: Or “shadow of death.” Evidently, the term conveys the idea that death figuratively casts its shadow over people as it approaches them. Jesus, however, brought enlightenment that could remove the shadow and rescue people from death.
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