36If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. …
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 wha…
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