To shine upon (επιφανα). First aorist active infinitive of επιφαινω (liquid verb). An old verb to give light, to shine upon, like …

To give light, and so forth.

For the phrase to guide our feet, and so forth, see also Barnes on Matthew 4:16. The figure i…

To give light to them that sit in darkness.—The words are an echo of those of Isaiah 9:2, which we have already met with …

The Venerable Bede: Christ is rightly called the Dayspring, because He has revealed to us the rising of the true light, as it s…

NIV’s “rising sun” (GK 424) has a dynamic quality that suits a word used in the LXX to translate the word “branch” in Jer 23:5;[Reference Zechariah…

That he might give light to those who were sitting in darkness. As to light and darkness, there are similar modes of exp…

To give light to them that sit in darkness
God's elect among the Jews, who were not only in a state of unregeneracy,…

Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the…