"WhileI amin the world,I amthe Lightof the world."
He says,"It is toosmalla thingthat You should be My ServantTo raiseup the tribesof Jacoband to restorethe preservedones of Israel;I will also makeYou a lightof the nationsSo that My salvationmay reachto the endof the earth."
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
"THE PEOPLEWHO WERE SITTINGIN DARKNESSSAWA GREATLIGHT,AND THOSEWHO WERE SITTINGIN THE LANDAND SHADOWOF DEATH,UPON THEM A LIGHTDAWNED."
"You are the lightof the world.A cityseton a hillcannotbe hidden;
A LIGHTOF REVELATIONTO THE GENTILES,And the gloryof Your peopleIsrael."
"I have come[as] Lightinto the world,sothat everyonewho believesin Me will not remainin darkness.
ThenJesusagainspoketo them, saying,"I amthe Lightof the world;he who followsMe will not walkin the darkness,but will havethe Lightof life."
"For sothe Lordhas commandedus, 'I HAVE PLACEDYOU AS A LIGHTFOR THE GENTILES,THAT YOU MAY BRINGSALVATIONTO THE ENDOF THE EARTH.'"
to opentheir eyesso that they may turnfrom darknessto lightand from the dominionof Satanto God,that they may receiveforgivenessof sinsand an inheritanceamongthosewho have been sanctifiedby faithin Me.'
that the Christwas to suffer,[and] that by reasonof [His] resurrectionfrom the deadHe wouldbe the firstto proclaimlightbothto the [Jewish] peopleand to the Gentiles."
For this reasonit says,"Awake,sleeper,And arisefrom the dead,And Christwill shineon you."
And the cityhasnoneedof the sunorof the moonto shineon it, for the gloryof Godhas illuminedit, and its lamp[is] the Lamb.
