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Luke 11:33-36

King James Version (KJV)

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33. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 34. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. 35. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36. If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Luke 11:33-36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 11:33

Theological / Devotional

Lighted a candle. [The Inner Light, Luke 11:33-36. Cf. on Matt. 5:15.] The fact that Luke has already recorded Christ’s sayings about a lamp and its light in connection with the Sermon by the Sea (see on ch. 8:16) implies that the subject matter of ch. 11:33-36 was presented at a later time, probably in connection with the Peraean ministry. That Jesus did repeat much of His former teaching during this period is certain (see DA 488). These facts may also imply that vs. 14-32 record Peraean incidents (see on vs. 14, 29).

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