Luke 1:79-80

1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, ¹ 

to guide our feet into the way ²  of peace.”

1:80 And the child kept growing ³  and becoming strong ⁴  in spirit, and he was in the wilderness ⁵  until the day he was revealed ⁶  to Israel.

[1:79]  ¹ sn On the phrases who sit in darkness…and…death see Isa 9:1-2; 42:7; 49:9-10.

[1:79]  ² tn Or “the path.”

[1:80]  ³ tn This verb is imperfect.

[1:80]  ⁴ tn This verb is also imperfect.

[1:80]  ⁵ tn Or “desert.”

[1:80]  ⁶ tn Grk “until the day of his revealing.”