Translation | Verse | Text |
Strong Concordance | Col 1:13 | Who [3739] hath delivered [4506] us [2248] from [1537] the power [1849] of darkness [4655], and [2532] hath translated [3179] us into [1519] the kingdom [932] of his [846] dear [26] Son [5207]: |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
DARKNESS | The absence of natural light, Ge 1:2, and hence figuratively a state of misery and adversity, Job 18:6 Ps 107:10 Isa 8:22 9:1; also the absence of the sun and stars, and hence the fall of chief men and national convulsions, Isa 13:10 Ac 2:20. "Works of darkness," are the impure mysteries practiced in heathen worship, Eph 5:11. "Outer darkness" illustrates the gloom of those on whom the gates of heaven are closed, Mt 8:12. The darkness in Egypt, Ex 10:21-23, was miraculous; also that which covered all Judea with sympathetic gloom at the crucifixion of Christ, Lu 23:43. This could not have been caused by an eclipse of the sun; for at Passover the moon was full, and on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. |