Matthew 5:14

Ye are the light of the world,.... What the luminaries, the sun and moon, are in the heavens, with respect to corporal light, that the apostles were in the world with regard to spiritual light;…

The light of the world - The light of the world often denotes the sun, Joh 11:9. The sun renders objects visible, shows their form, their nature, their beauties, their deformities. The term light is…

Christ had lately called his disciples, and told them that they should be fishers of men; here he tells them further what he designed them to be - the salt of the earth, and lights of the world, that…

the light of the world See Joh 8:12, where Jesus says of Himself "I am the light of the world." Cp. Php 2:15, "Ye shine as lights (rather -luminaries") in the world."

a city that is set on a hill…