sat. was sitting.
saw. App-133.:1.
light. App-130.
the region and shadow, &c. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6). "darkness, [yea] the dark shadow of death", or death's darkness.
sprung up. risen for them.
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Matthew 4:16
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.