Luke 1:79 (WEB)
to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Fathers and councils · 13
Tertullian
“…of the New Testament, supervene; while the light from on high would beam upon us who were sitting in darkness, and were being detained in the shadow of death.” — editor's note: Comp. Luke i. 78, 79, Isa. ix. 1, 2, with Matt. iv. 12–16.
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Catena Aurea on John
- BedeCatena Aurea on John
“(Luke 1:79)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One…
Read the whole comment“…aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess; of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin; of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him…” — editor's note: Luke i. 41–45, 67–79.
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Jerome
“They were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death when the light shone upon them.” — editor's note: Luke i. 79.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Christ is rightly called the Day-spring, because He hath disclosed to us the rising of the true light, as it follows; To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
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By darkness he means not material darkness, but error and distance from the faith, or ungodliness.
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For in thick darkness were the Gentile people sitting, who were sunk deep in idolatry, until the rising light dispersed the darkness, and spread abroad the brightness of truth.
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But the shadow of death is taken to mean the forgetfulness of the mind. For as death causes that which it kills to be no longer in life, so whatever oblivion touches ceases to be in the memory. Hence the Jewish…
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He rightly says sitting, for we were not walking in darkness, but sitting down as having no hope of deliverance.
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But not only does the Lord at His rising give light to those who sit in darkness, but he says something further as it follows, to direct our feet in the way of peace. The way of peace is the way of righteousness, to…
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For we guide our steps in the way of peace, when we walk in that line of conduct wherein we depart not from the grace of our Maker.
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Mark also, in how few words Elisabeth prophesies, in how many Zacharias, and yet each spoke filled with the Holy Spirit; but this discipline is preserved, that women may study rather to learn what are the Divine…
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Bede on John 8:12 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Luke 1:79 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Luke 1:79 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.