“ Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. ”
These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15 ; Matthew 6:22-23 .
Sayings about Light. With Luke 11:33 ; cf. Luke 8:16 (= Mark 4:21 ; Matthew 5:15 ). With Luke 11:34 f. cf. Matthew 6:22 f.* Luke 11:36 is tautologous and the true text is not certain....
Take heed . Seq. Greek. skopeo. Occurs only here Romans 16:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:18 ; Galatians 1:6 ; Galatians 1:1 . Philippians 1:2 ; Philippians 1:4 ; Philippians 3:17 , light . Greek p...
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
When thine eye is single, &c.— 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 put...
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. See the notes at Matthew 12:22-28 . Verse 14-20 Fo...
The Lord's Prayer. The Sign of Jonah 1-4. The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9-15 ). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, how...
Take heed therefore that the light... — Better, See to it whether the light that is in thee be darkness. This takes the place in St. Luke’s report of St. Matthew’s ( Luke 6:23 ) “If the light tha...
Dark and Foul within Luke 11:33-44 “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,” Proverbs 20:27 . How many unlit candles there are! Will you not ask whether Christ has ever kindled you with H...
Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
(29) And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. (30) For...
Take heed therefore ,.... By attending to the light of the Gospel, shining in the ministration of it, and do not neglect and despise it: that the light which is in thee be not darkness ; lest bein...
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. Ver. 35-36. See Matthew 6:22,23
No man, when he hath lighted a candle The meaning is, God gives you this gospel-light, that ye may repent. Let your eye be singly fixed on him, aim only at pleasing God; and while ye do this, your...
Valuable Instruction as to Prayer (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary)....
The Sign of the Prophet Jonah. 29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: th...
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“Look therefore whether the light that is in you is not darkness.” Thus all must consider themselves carefully, for sadly some may still think that their darkness is light (they have never known any...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 11:14 . Casting out a devil .—There seems to be little doubt that this miracle is the same as that in Matthew 12:22 , as wrought apparently in Galilee. In St. Matthew’s Gosp...
Luke 11:35 I. Through the avenues of conscience, which is to the soul what the eye is to the body, communications from God are always pouring in. In nature, in providence, but still more by His Wo...
Luke 11:14-15 . And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devi...
Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not ex...
The light of the body is the eye The single eye The eye is evil when the vision is incorrect, double; is single when it lays hold of one object with clearness and firmness. Shut the eye, or if...
EXPOSITION Luke 11:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of time or place enables us to fix the scene...
Parabolic warnings:
1 Corinthians 1:19-21 ; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 ; 2 Peter 1:9 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; Isaiah 5:20 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; James 3:13-17 ; Jeremiah 8:8 ; Jeremiah 8:9 ; John 7:48 ; John 7:49 ; John 9:39-41...