Study it in the app“The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.”
The lampὁ λύχνοςof the bodyτοῦ σώματόςisἐστινyour eye.ὁ ὀφθαλμός σουWhenὅτανyour eyeὁ ὀφθαλμός σουisᾖhealthy,ἁπλοῦςyour wholeὅλον σουbodyτὸ σῶμάalsoκαὶisἐστινfull of light;φωτεινόνbutδὲwhenἐπὰνit isᾖbad,πονηρὸςyour bodyτὸ σῶμά σουalsoκαὶisfull of darkness.σκοτεινόν
lamp
Oil lamp.
Where else “lychnos” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearseye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmos” appearswhen, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appearshealthy, single
Healthy, simple, sincere, without guile; also generous.
Where else “haplous” appearswhole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appearsfull of light
Full of light, bright.
Where else “phōteinon” appearswhen, as soon as
"When", "as soon as".
Where else “epan” appearsharmful
Harmful or worthless.
Where else “ponēros” appearsdark
Dark, full of darkness.
Where else “skoteinon” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The eye is the lamp of the body
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 11:34-36
34The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35So see to it that the light in you is not darkness. 36So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its brightness gives light to you.”
22“The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; 23but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
33No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under the basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
34 · This verse (above)
35So see to it that the light in you is not darkness.
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?
