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77 to give his people knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God(A)
    by which the daybreak from on high[a] will visit us(B)
79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow,
    to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

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  1. 1:78 The daybreak from on high: three times in the LXX (Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12), the Greek word used here for daybreak translates the Hebrew word for “scion, branch,” an Old Testament messianic title.