Luke 2:32

Good News Translation

A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles and bring glory to your people Israel.”

Cross References

Psalm 85:9

Surely he is ready to save those who honor him, and his saving presence will remain in our land.

Isaiah 11:10

A day is coming when the new king from the royal line of David will be a symbol to the nations. They will gather in his royal city and give him honor.

Isaiah 4:2

The time is coming when the Lord will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.

Isaiah 45:25

I, the Lord, will rescue all the descendants of Jacob, and they will give me praise.

Isaiah 49:6

The Lord said to me, “I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations— so that all the world may be saved.”

Isaiah 49:9

I will say to the prisoners, ‘Go free!’ and to those who are in darkness, ‘Come out to the light!’ They will be like sheep that graze on the hills;

Isaiah 51:4

“Listen to me, my people, listen to what I say: I give my teaching to the nations; my laws will bring them light.

Isaiah 60:19

“No longer will the sun be your light by day Or the moon be your light by night; I, the Lord, will be your eternal light; The light of my glory will shine on you.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. They lived in a land of shadows, but now light is shining on them.

Jeremiah 2:11

No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.

Zechariah 2:5

The Lord has promised that he himself will be a wall of fire around the city to protect it and that he will live there in all his glory.”

Matthew 4:16

The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine.”

Luke 2:10

but the angel said to them, “Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.

Luke 2:31

which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and be the first one to rise from death, to announce the light of salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:28

And Paul concluded: “You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!”

1 Corinthians 1:31

So then, as the scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done.”

Revelation 21:23

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.