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Matthew 4:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 4:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 the people who sit in darkness
have seen a great light,
and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death,
a light has dawned on them.”[a]
17 From that time on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
18 Now as he[b] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).
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- Matthew 4:16 A quotation from Isa 9:1
- Matthew 4:18 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was walking”) which is understood as temporal
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