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# because of the tender mercy of our God

It might be helpful to state that God's mercy helps people. Alternate translation: "because God is compassionate and merciful to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# the sunrise from on high

Light is often a metaphor for truth. Here, the Savior giving spiritual truth to people is spoken of as if he were a sunrise that shines light on the earth. Alternate translation: "the Savior, who is like a sunrise, will come from on high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# from on high
"from heaven"
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`It might be helpful to state that God's mercy helps people. Alternate translation: "because God is compassionate and merciful to us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
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Adjustment needed because of de-chunking. 2018-02-23 19:02:53 +00:00			`# the sunrise from on high`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Light is often a metaphor for truth. Here, the Savior giving spiritual truth to people is spoken of as if he were a sunrise that shines light on the earth. Alternate translation: "the Savior, who is like a sunrise, will come from on high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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tN issue 3032 2018-09-11 19:56:51 +00:00			`# from on high`
			`"from heaven"`