Lucas 11:33-36 NVIPT

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:33-36

Luke 11:33-Zephaniah : . 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. Luke 11:35 . The light that is in thee: the light of the soul, the organ of spiritual vision; if this be dark, great is the darkness. If it be clear, all the life is radiant. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 11:33

We met with this similitude Luke 8:16; Matthew 5:15; See Poole on "Luke 8:16", See Poole on "Matthew 5:15". It was a kind of proverbial speech, and so applicable to divers subjects. Some think that our Saviour bringeth in these words as a reason why he would show the Pharisees no sign, viz. because he knew it would do them no good, it had been like the lighting of a candle and putting it under a bushel, which no man doth. Others think that by it he designs to give an account why he pronounced... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 11:34-36

See Poole on "Matthew 6:22", See Poole on "Matthew 6:23". Our Saviour’s 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 man’s steps, so that if that be perfect, without any mixture of ill humours, &c., the body from it takes a full and right... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 11:14-36

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 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 Gospel there is, however, no precise mention of time or place. It is quite hopeless to attempt to fix the exact order in which the events occurred. Dumb.—And blind (Matthew 12:22).Luke 11:15. Some of them.—“Pharisees” (Matthew 12:24), “scribes which came from Jerusalem” (Mark 3:22). Beelzebub.—The form of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 11:35

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 Word, and by His own inward grace, He acts upon the man. The understanding is formed, the reason is directed, the affections are moved, the will is urged, holy influences stream in upon the inner being. And this process, up to a certain point at least in every man's life, is continually going on. To what... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 11:1-54

Tonight, chapter 11 in the gospel according to Luke.Again, as Luke is pointing out the human side of Jesus, though He was God, He became man. He is the God-man. He is divine, and yet, He is human. The perfect balance. And whereas John points out the divinity of Christ in his gospel, which we will be entering into next, Luke points out the humanity of Jesus. And because this is the special emphasis of Luke, he does record more than any of the other gospel writers concerning the prayer life of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 11:1-54

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 exactly adapted to the new dispensation which John came to introduce. The litanies or pleadings of the jews were brief, but their doxologies were numerous. Luke 11:2 . Our Father which art in heaven. The last words of this sentence are not in the Vulgate, but they are understood in the word... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 11:33-36

Luke 11:33-36The light of the body is the eyeThe single eyeThe 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 the eye is diseased so as not to be able to see any one object distinctly, and we have the body full of darkness. This is true in the moral universe. 1. Intellectually. He whose judgment is uncertain, &c. He who has clear plans, &c. 2. Morally. He who has clear conceptions of right and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 11:33

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. Ver. 33. No man, when he hath lighted, &c. ] Our Saviour here warneth those that had given some good hope of their repentance, that they cherish their light, and walk by it. read more