4:12 耶穌聽見約翰下了監,就退到加利利去;
4:13 後又離開拿撒勒,往迦百農去,就住在那裡。那地方靠海,在西布倫和拿弗他利的邊界上。
4:14 這是要應驗先知以賽亞的話,
4:15 說:西布倫地,拿弗他利地,就是沿海的路,約旦河外,外邦人的加利利地─
4:16 那坐在黑暗裡的百姓看見了大光;坐在死蔭之地的人有光發現照著他們。
4:17 從那時候,耶穌就傳起道來,說:「天國近了,你們應當悔改!」
12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— 14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the
Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee
of the Gentiles—
16 the people living in
darkness
have
seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a
light has dawned.”[f]
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
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以賽亞這段話可以對應施洗約翰的父親撒迦利亞的預言:「因我們上帝憐憫的心腸,叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們,要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人,把我們的腳引到平安的路上。」(路加福音1:78-79)
是的,主耶穌就是「大光」、「清晨的日光」,要光照我們這些在黑暗中的人,要將我們從黑暗的國度拯救出來,引導我們到祂的光明國度!正如約翰所說:「道就是生命的根源,這生命把光賜給人類。光照射黑暗,黑暗從沒有勝過光。」(約翰福音1:4-5)
也因為這樣,我們要順應耶穌基督的呼召:「天國近了,你們應當悔改!」
讓我們來悔改歸向上帝,進入光明之中!
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