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Soοὖνifεἰyourσουwholeὅλονbodyτὸ σῶμάisfull of light,φωτεινόνnotμὴhavingἔχονanyτιpartμέροςdark,σκοτεινόνit will beἔσταιwhollyὅλονfull of light,φωτεινὸνasὡςwhenὅτανthe lampὁ λύχνοςwith its brightnessτῇ ἀστραπῇgives light toφωτίζῃyou.”σε
Luke 11:36
Study it in the app“So 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.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 11:36, word by word
- wholeὅλονholon
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holon” appears- bodyσῶμάsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- full of lightφωτεινόνphōteinon
full of light
Full of light, bright.
Where else “phōteinon” appears- havingἔχονechon
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echon” appears- partμέροςmeros
part
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “meros” appears- darkσκοτεινόνskoteinon
dark
Dark, full of darkness.
Where else “skoteinon” appears- it will beἔσταιestai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appears- whenὅτανhotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appears- the lampλύχνοςlychnos
lamp
Oil lamp.
Where else “lychnos” appears- with its brightnessἀστραπῇastrapēi
brightness
The glow of a lamp.
Where else “astrapēi” appears- gives light toφωτίζῃphōtizēi
give light
To fill a place with light so it can be seen.
Where else “phōtizēi” appears
Parallel passages
Other 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.
See them side by side
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!
The context
35So see to it that the light in you is not darkness.
36 · This verse (above)
37Now as he was speaking, a Pharisee asks him to dine with him; so he went in and reclined at table.
To study Luke 11 in a group
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?