The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Mat 5:15; Mat 6:22-23.
Adam Clarke
The light of the body is the eye - Or, the eye is the lamp of the body. See on Mat 6:22 (note), etc.
The 35th and 36th verses are wanting in some MSS., and are variously read in others.
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,…
Cambridge Bible
The light of the body is the eye Rather, The eye is the candle of the body, since the word is the same as in the last verse.
therefore when thine eye is single The eye in this clause is the -inward…
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