34<\/strong>. The light of the body is the eye<\/em> ] Rather, The eye is the candle of the body, <\/strong> since the word is the same as in the last verse.<\/p>\n therefore when thine eye is single<\/em> ] The eye in this clause is the ‘inward eye’ of conscience; the ‘illuminated eye of the heart,’ Eph 1:17-18<\/span>. ‘Single,’ i.e. unsophisticated; in its normal condition.<\/p>\n when thine eye is evil<\/em> ] The ‘evil eye’ is especially one of hate,<\/em> Rom 12:8<\/span>; Sir 14:8-10 . The inward eye should be spiritual;<\/em> when it becomes carnal the man can no longer see that which is only spiritually discerned, and he takes God’s wisdom for foolishness, 1Co 2:14<\/span>; 1Co 3:18-20<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 34<\/span>. The light of the body is the eye<\/B><\/I>] Or, the eye is the<\/I> lamp of the body<\/I>. See Clarke on Mt 6:22<\/span>, &c.<\/P> <\/P> The 35th<\/span> and 36th<\/span> verses are wanting in some MSS., and are variously read in others.<\/P> <\/p>\n See Poole on “Mat 6:22<\/span>“, See Poole on “Mat 6:23<\/span>“. Our Saviours speech in these verses is plainly both elliptical (something being in itself to be understood) and also metaphorical. The sense is this, What the eye is to the body, that the soul, the mind and affections, are to the whole man. Now look, as the eye is the organ by which light is received to guide a mans steps, so that if that be perfect, without any mixture of ill humours, &c., the body from it takes a full and right direction how to move and act; but if that be vitiated by ill humours, the man knows not how to direct his bodily steps: so if a mans soul, (which answereth the bodily eye), more especially a mans understanding or judgment, be darkened, perverted, prejudiced, or his affections be debauched or depraved, he will not know how to move one step right in his duty; but if his understanding have a right notion of truths, and he judgeth aright concerning the things and ways of God, and his affections be not depraved, then the whole man will be in a capacity to receive the light and revelations of truth, as they shall be communicated to him, even as he who hath a perfect eye receiveth and is able to make use of the bright shining of a candle. <\/P> <\/p>\n The light of the body is the eye<\/strong>,…. The Vulgate Latin and all the eastern versions read “the light of thy body is thine eye”. The sense is, that as the eye gives light, to the body, and the several members of it, by which they are guided and directed; so the understanding is the light of the soul, and the guide to all the powers and faculties of it;<\/p>\n therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light<\/strong>: as when the eye is free from vicious humours, and its sight is clear, the whole body reaps the advantage of it, and is perfectly illuminated by it; so when the eye of the understanding is opened and enlightened by the Spirit of God, into the truths of the Gospel, and a single regard is had unto them, and to the glory of Christ in them, the whole soul is filled with light, joy, and comfort:<\/p>\n but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness<\/strong>; as when the eye of the body is attended with any bad humours that hinder the sight, all the members of it are in darkness; so, when the understanding is darkened through the blindness and ignorance there is in men, with respect to Gospel truths, all the powers and faculties of the soul are in a very miserable and uncomfortable condition. The 35th and 36th verses are not in Beza’s most ancient copy.<\/p>\n Single – full of light. See on Mt 6:22<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “The light of the body is the eye:” <\/strong>(ho luchnos tou somatos estin ho ophthalmos sou) “Your eye is (exists as) the light source (or lamp) of the body,” and the only source of light so needed for the well being and happiness of everyone, Mat 6:22<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2) “Therefore when thine eye is single,” <\/strong>(hotan ho ophthalmos sou haplous he) “When your eye is single,” unimpaired, uncrossed, has good vision, Eph 1:17-18<\/span>. The eye evidently refers to the conscience, a conscience without prejudice toward God or ones fellowman.<\/p>\n 3) “Thy whole body also is full of light;” <\/strong>(kai holon to soma sou photeinon estin) “Your whole body is also bright,” well lighted, can see well, full and straight, Mat 6:22<\/span>, accepts liberating truth, Joh 8:32<\/span>; Joh 8:36<\/span>; Joh 14:6<\/span>.<\/p>\n 4) “But when thine eye is evil,” <\/strong>(epan de poneros he) “Yet, when it is wicked,” exceedingly wicked, when your conscience and spiritual vision are wholly dominated with the carnal, covetous, selfish eye-will of the flesh nature, as a child of wrath, Eph 2:2<\/span>; When the eye-will is out of harmony with the word-will of God, Isa 8:20<\/span>; 1Jn 2:17<\/span>; 1Jn 2:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n 5) “Thy body is full of darkness.” <\/strong>(kai to soma sou skoteinon) “Your body is also dark,” shrouded in sinful-darkness, blindness, 2Co 4:3-4<\/span>; 2Pe 2:14<\/span>.<\/p>\n (34) The light of the body is the eye.<\/strong>See Note on Mat. 6:22<\/span>. In some respects the sequence of thought in St. Luke differs from that in St. Matthew, and seems somewhat closer. In the Sermon on the Mount, the company of Christs disciples are the light, and each of them is as the lamp on its proper stand, and the teaching as to the light of the body, and the corresponding eye of the soul, is separated from that illustration by our Lords comment on the corrupt traditional interpretations of the scribes. Here the two thoughts are brought into close proximity. The moral sense, the vision and the faculty divine that has its intuitions of eternal truths, this is the light which is so set that those who are entering in (this feature, as in Luk. 8:16<\/span>, is peculiar to St. Luke)the seekers and inquirers who are drawn to look in, as it were, upon the house of Christs Church, the unlearned or unbelievers of 1Co. 14:23<\/span>may see the light and turn to it.<\/p>\n “The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light, but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.”<\/p>\n And how do we light that lamp? The light comes to us from God and from the Lord. And it comes through the window of the eye, which is itself thus like a lamp, for it enables light to shine into our lives. If our eye is single-minded and fixed on Him and His word then our whole body will be full of light. We will be filled with truth and goodness and righteousness and holiness and His light will continually shine into our hearts. We will walk in the light as He is in the light (1Jn 1:7<\/span>), as indeed He is the light (1Jn 1:5<\/span>; Joh 8:12<\/span>). But the eye of anyone turns away from Him and His word, and ceases to be single, then the light will be cut off and darkness will fill their lives. The evil of unbelief and disobedience will have possessed them. They will walk in darkness. And their whole lives will be filled with darkness.<\/p>\n Luk 11:34-36<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>When thine eye is single, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> That they might understand his parable, and be excited to make a proper improvement of the noble faculty, or power, whose use he had been describing, our Lord puts them in mind that the intention or will performs for the soul of man the office which the eye does for the body. See on Mat 6:22<\/span>. Take heed, <\/em>says he, therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness. <\/em>“Keep thy intention, through divine grace, as free as possible from the influence of prejudice, pride, revenge, lust, covetousness, and other evil passions; for they will hatch swarms of vain and foolish thoughts, by which thy will would be perverted, and the light which is in thee be turned into darkness. But if thy whole body be full of light, <\/em>Luk 11:36<\/span>. If thy mind be so completely enlightened by the Spirit of God, that no evil passion or affection interrupts the emanations of its light in any degree, all the faculties of thy soul shall be as much enlightened, enlivened, and assisted, as the members of the body are, when the bright shining of a candle gives thee light, and puts thee in a capacity of using them.” Thus, comparing the direction of our will or intention to the shining of a candle, Jesus shewed, that by the parable of a lighted candle, he had intended to explain wherein the proper use of all the light bestowed upon us, consists. <\/p>\n 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<\/em> is evil, thy body also is<\/em> full of darkness. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 34. When thine eye is single<\/strong> ] A single eye is that which looks on God singly, abstracted from all other things. <\/p>\n Luk 11:34<\/span> . , etc., the lamp of the body is thine eye. This thought in connection with the foregoing one might lead us to expect some remark on the proper placing of the body’s lamp, but the discourse proceeds to speak of the single<\/em> ( ) and the evil<\/em> ( ) eye. The connection lies in the effects<\/em> of these qualities. The single eye, like a properly placed lamp, gives light; the evil eye, like a lamp under a bushel, leaves one in darkness. On these attributes of the eye vide<\/em> remarks on Mat 6:22-23<\/span> .<\/p>\n light = lamp. Same word as “candle “in Luk 11:33. See App-130. <\/p>\n eye. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the eyesight. <\/p>\n single = sound: referring to the eyesight as “good”, Occ:. only here and Mat 6:22. <\/p>\n full of light = illuminated. <\/p>\n evil. Greek. poneros. See App-128. <\/p>\n full of darkness = dark. <\/p>\n Luk 11:34. , the lamp [light]) Light is freely open to us, and is manifest and single (not complex, without duplicity): we therefore, in turn, ought to be open to the whole light.<\/p>\n light of: Psa 119:18, Mat 6:22, Mat 6:23, Mar 8:18, Act 26:18, Eph 1:17 <\/p>\n single: Act 2:46, 2Co 1:12, 2Co 11:3, Eph 6:5, Col 3:22 <\/p>\n but: Gen 19:11, 2Ki 6:15-20, Psa 81:12, Pro 28:22, Isa 6:10, Isa 29:10, Isa 42:19, Isa 44:18, Jer 5:21, Mar 4:12, Mar 7:22, Act 13:11, Rom 11:8-10, 2Co 4:4, 2Th 2:9-12 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Ecc 2:13 – light Joh 9:39 – might be<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n The natural eye is used for the same purpose as the candle in the preceding verse. A man has but one means of seeing and that is by his natural eye. If it is single (not defective) the owner will be able to see. Likewise, a man has only one life that he can live, and he should so conduct it that it will shed spiritual light upon the world about him.<\/p>\n The parable of the bad eye 11:34-36 (cf. Matthew 6:22-23)<\/span><\/p>\n Jesus also used this parable, at least the negative part of it, in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus compared the human eye to a lamp in both situations, not in the sense of being sources of light but as vehicles through which illumination comes. In Matthew’s Gospel He taught that a person’s attitudes can affect his ability to "see" (i.e., comprehend spiritual truth) with the emphasis on the eye. Here the emphasis is on the light and the point is the importance of admitting the light, in this case the gospel message, by accepting Jesus’ teaching. Failure to receive Jesus’ teachings results in spiritual blindness. The clear or healthy eye represents the ability to comprehend truth as it is, to "see" clearly, whereas the bad eye represents the inability to do so.<\/p>\n 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. 34. 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