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In Christianity, Jesus is held to have fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, with the spread of Christianity around the world bringing the light of divine revelation to the gentiles. [3] [4] [5] In the Gospel of Luke, Simeon is a devout old Jewish man to whom God had revealed that he would not die before seeing the Messiah. [6]
way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The World English Bible translates the passage as: 14: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
Jerome: Or we must read, beyond Jordan, of Galilee of the Gentiles; so, I mean, that the people who either sat, or walked in darkness, have seen light and that not a faint light, as the light of the Prophets, but a great light, as of Him who in the Gospel speaks thus, I am the light, of the world. Between death and the shadow of death I suppose ...
Isaiah 49 is the forty-ninth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.
Isaiah 65 is the sixty-fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. [3] Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. [4]
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
The gentiles, or the nations, are those of Israel's biblical past (see verse 6), rather than those who in more recent times had overrun and ruled over Israel (the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians). [3] Cross-references include Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 43:6, Isaiah 49:22: See, I will beckon to the nations, and Isaiah 66:12.
Isaiah 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah , and is one of the Nevi'im .