Lucas 11:33-36 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 11:29-36

Christ's discourse in these verses shows two things:? I. What is the sign we may expect from God for the confirmation of our faith. The great and most convincing proof of Christ's being sent of God, and which they were yet to wait for, after the many signs that had been given them, was the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Here is, 1. A reproof to the people for demanding other signs than what had already been given them in great plenty: The people were gathered thickly together (Luke... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 11:33-36

11:33-36 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a bushel, but upon a lamp-stand, so that those who come in may see the light. The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is sound your whole body is full of light; but if the eye is diseased the whole body is full of darkness. Take care, then, lest the light that is in you is darkness. If, then, your whole body is fun of light, without any part of darkness, it will be altogether bright as when the lamp with its ray gives you... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:33

No man when he hath lighted a candle ,.... These words are often repeated by Christ on different occasions; see Gill on Matthew 5:15 and See Gill on Luke 8:16 and here seem to design the free, open, and clear ministry of Christ, who excelled Solomon in wisdom, and Jonas in powerful preaching. It being as a candle, which, when lighted, no man putteth in a secret place ; as under a bed, Mark 4:21 where it cannot be seen, and its light be of any use: neither under a bushel, but on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:34

The light of the body is the eye ,.... 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; therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light : as when the eye is free from vicious humours, and its sight is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:35

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 being given up to a judicial blindness and hardness of heart, not only the light of nature, which the Jews had in common with the Gentiles, but even that notional light and knowledge of divine things, which they had by being favoured with an external revelation, the writings of the Old Testament,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:36

If thy whole body therefore be full of light ,.... That is, if the whole soul, as the Ethiopic version reads, be full of Gospel light, through the illuminating influences of the blessed Spirit accompanying the word: having no part dark ; every power and faculty of the soul being affected with it, and influenced by it, though, as yet, the light and knowledge of evangelical things is not perfect in any: the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:33

No man, when he hath lighted, etc. - See on Matthew 5:15 ; (note). Our Lord intimates, that if he worked a miracle among such an obstinate people, who were determined to disbelieve every evidence of his Messiahship, he should act as a man who lighted a candle and then covered it with a bushel, which must prevent the accomplishment of the end for which it was lighted. See also on Mark 4:21 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:34

The light of the body is the eye - Or, the eye is the lamp of the body. See on Matthew 6:22 ; (note), etc. The 35th and 36th verses are wanting in some MSS., and are variously read in others. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:36

The whole shall be full of light - Or, altogether enlightened; i.e. when the eye is perfect, it enlightens the whole body. Every object within the reach of the eye is as completely seen as if there was an eye in every part. So the eye is to every part of the body what the lamp is to every part of the house. When the light of Christ dwells fully in the heart, it extends its influence to every thought, word, and action; and directs its possessor how he is to act in all places and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:14-36

The bitter attack of the Pharisees. Their accusation of the Lord that he was in league with the evil one. His reply. The grave and terrible charge which was formally made by persons evidently of rank and position sent down from the capital to watch, and if possible to entrap, the hated Galilaean Teacher, was a charge no doubt brought against the Lord on more than one occasion. Of this we have clear evidence in the Gospel narratives. Puzzled and dismayed by the marvellous acts of power... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 11:29-36

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 11:33-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 11:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 11:14-36

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