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Luke 1:78

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tender: or, bowels of the, Psalms 25:6; Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4-5; Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:1; Colossians 3:12; 1 John 3:17, 1 John 4:9-10

dayspring: or, sun-rising, or branch, Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 11:1; Zechariah 3:8, Zechariah 6:12; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 22:16

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