Luke 1:78-80

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⁷⁸Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby ^(A)the ^[a]dayspring from on high hath visited us,

⁷⁹To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of ^[b]peace.

⁸⁰And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness, till the day came that he should show himself unto Israel.

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Luke 1:78 Or bud, or branch; he alludeth unto the places in Jer. 23:5; Zech. 3:8 and 6:12, and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.
Luke 1:79 Into the way which leadeth us to true happiness.

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