Luke 1:79

The Passion Translation

The word from heaven will come to us with dazzling light to shine upon those who live in darkness, near death’s dark shadow. And he will illuminate the path that leads to the way of peace.”

Cross References

Psalm 107:10

Some of us once sat in darkness, living in the dark shadows of death. We were prisoners to our pain, chained to our regrets.

Psalm 107:14

His light broke through the darkness and he led us out in freedom from death’s dark shadow and snapped every one of our chains.

Psalm 23:4

Even when your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for you already have! Your authority is my strength and my peace. The comfort of your love takes away my fear. I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.

Psalm 25:12

Who are they that live in the holy fear of Yahweh? You will show them the right path to take.

Psalm 44:19

Yet you have crushed us, leaving us in this wilderness place of misery and desperation. With nowhere else to turn, death’s dark door seems to be the only way out.

Proverbs 3:17

The ways of wisdom are sweet, always drawing you into the place of wholeness.

Proverbs 8:20

I lead you into the ways of righteousness to discover the paths of true justice.

Isaiah 42:16

I will walk the blind by an unknown way and guide them on paths they’ve never traveled. I will smooth their difficult road and make their dark mysteries bright with light. These are things I will do for them, for I will never abandon my beloved ones.

Isaiah 42:7

Your mission is to open blind eyes, to set prisoners free from dark dwellings, and to open prison doors to those who are held by darkness.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh, your God. I am the One who teaches you how to succeed and who leads you step by step in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is never peace,” Yahweh says, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 49:6

who says: “Is it too small a thing for you, my servant, to restore greatness to Jacob’s tribes and the survivors of Israel? I will make you to be a light to the nations and to bring the light of my salvation to the ends of the earth!”

Isaiah 49:9

You will declare to prisoners, ‘You’re free!’ and to those in darkness, ‘Step out into the light!’ They will be like sheep that graze beside the roads and find pasture on the barren hillside.

Isaiah 59:8

They know nothing of the way of peace, and injustice is their way of life. Their paths are so crooked that no one who walks in them knows peace.

Isaiah 9:2

Those who walked in darkness have seen a radiant light shining upon them. They once lived in the shadows of death, but now a glorious light has dawned!

Jeremiah 2:6

They never stopped to ask themselves, ‘Where is Yahweh, who rescued us from Egypt? Where is the Yahweh who led us through the wilderness, through a barren wasteland with its pits and problems? Where is the one who led us through a land of deserts and droughts, dangers and deep darkness — where no one lives nor even passes through?’

Jeremiah 6:16

Yahweh said to his people: “Stand at the crossroads. Now, consider your ways and ask for the ancient paths. Which is God’s way? Walk on his path, and you’ll enjoy a resting place for yourselves. But they said, ‘We will not. That’s not the path we want.’ ”

Matthew 4:16

You who spend your days shrouded in darkness can now say, “We have seen a brilliant Light.” And those who live in the dark shadow land of death can now say, “The Dawning Light arises on us.”

Luke 2:32

He will be glory for your people Israel, and the Revelation-Light for all people everywhere!”

John 1:9

For the perfect Light of Truth was coming into the world and shine upon everyone.

John 12:46

I have come as a light to shine in this dark world so that all who trust in me will no longer wander in darkness.

John 8:12

Then Jesus said, “I am light to the world, and those who embrace me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness.”

John 9:5

As long as I am with you my life is the light that pierces the world’s darkness.”

Acts 10:36

God sent his word to the Jewish people first, announcing the wonderful news of hope and peace through Jesus, the Anointed One, the Lord of all.

Acts 26:18

And you will open their eyes to their true condition, so that they may turn from darkness to the Light and from the power of Satan to the power of God. By placing their faith in me they will receive the total forgiveness of sins and be made holy, taking hold of the inheritance that I give to my children!’

Romans 3:17

They never experience the path of peace.

Ephesians 5:8

Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light!