Reference: Light
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One of the most wonderful, cheering, and useful of all the works of God; called into being on the first of the six days of creation, by his voice: "Let there be light;" and there was light. No object better illustrates whatever is pure, glorious, spiritual, joyful, and beneficent. Hence the beauty and force of the expressions, "God is light," 1Jo 1:5, and "the Father of lights," Jas 1:17; Christ is the "Sun of righteousness," and "the light of the world," Joh 1:9; 8:12. So also the word of God is "a light," Ps 119:105; truth and Christians are lights, Joh 3:19; 12:36; prosperity is "light," Es 8:16; and heaven is full of light, Re 21:23-25. The opposite of all these is "darkness."
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The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world.
And this is the judgment; that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.
THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went away and concealed himself from them.
All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.
And this is the message which we have heard from him and declare to you, That God is light, and with him there is no darkness.
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and its light the Lamb. And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it, read more. and its gates shall not be shut by day,??or there shall be no night there,??26 and they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
Easton
the offspring of the divine command (Ge 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the pleasing sensations of the frame, all the happy hours of domestic intercourse were habitually described among the Hebrews under imagery derived from light" (1Ki 11:36; Isa 58:8; Es 8:16; Ps 97:11). Light came also naturally to typify true religion and the felicity it imparts (Ps 119:105; Isa 8:20; Mt 4:16, etc.), and the glorious inheritance of the redeemed (Col 1:12; Re 21:23-25). God is said to dwell in light inaccessible (1Ti 6:16). It frequently signifies instruction (Mt 5:16; Joh 5:35). In its highest sense it is applied to Christ as the "Sun of righteousness" (Mal 4:2; Lu 2:32; Joh 1:7-9). God is styled "the Father of lights" (Jas 1:17). It is used of angels (2Co 11:14), and of John the Baptist, who was a "burning and a shining light" (Joh 5:35), and of all true disciples, who are styled "the light of the world" (Mt 5:14).
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the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death has light arisen.
You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.
a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.
This man came for a testimony, to testify of the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but to testify of the light. read more. The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world.
He was a burning and shining light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
He was a burning and shining light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,
who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen nor can see; to whom be honor and power eternal; amen.
All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and its light the Lamb. And the nations shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it, read more. and its gates shall not be shut by day,??or there shall be no night there,??26 and they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
Hastings
To the ancient mind light was a holy thing, and the Scriptures associate it with God. He dwells in light (Ex 24:10; 1Ti 6:16); He is clothed with light (Ps 104:2); He is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1Jo 1:5); His glory is the effulgence of His light (Re 21:23). Cf. the ancient Greek Evening Hymn rendered by Keble: 'Hail, gladdening Light, of His pure glory poured,' etc. Hence Jesus, God Incarnate, is called 'the Light of the world' (Joh 1:4-5,9; 18:12), 'an effulgence of the glory of God' (Heb 1:3); and salvation is defined as walking in His light and being enlightened by it (Joh 8:12; 12:36,38; 1Jo 1:7; 2Co 4:6; Eph 5:8,14; 1Th 5:5; 1Pe 2:3). And Christians as His representatives and witnesses are the light of the world (Mt 5:14,16; Php 2:15). On the contrary, a godless life is darkness (Joh 3:10; 8:12; 12:46; 1Jo 2:11).
David Smith.
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You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men; and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world.
Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things?
THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.
THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went away and concealed himself from them.
that the word of Isaiah the prophet, which he spoke, might be fulfilled; Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
I have come a light into the world, that no one who believes in me should continue in darkness.
Then the guard and the chiliarch and the officers of the Jews apprehended Jesus, and bound him,
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,
Wherefore he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,
Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.
who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made a purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,
And this is the message which we have heard from him and declare to you, That God is light, and with him there is no darkness.
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and its light the Lamb.
Morish
Besides the references to physical light as existing distinct from the sun, and then emanating from the sun as the great light-bearer, the term is mainly used in scripture in a moral sense. Light from God is His word revealing Himself, and not only making manifest the dangers here, but acting as a lamp in showing the true path. Ps 119:105. The Psalmist asked Jehovah to lift upon him the light of His countenance ( Ps 4:6 ), and declared that Jehovah Himself was his light, Ps 27:1. As natural light brings vigour and health to the body, so the light of God gives cheerfulness and strength to the soul.
God is light, and the Lord Jesus came to the earth as the true light which lighteth every man. He not only exposed all the evil in the world and all the false pretensions of the leaders of Israel; but "the life was the light of men." Joh 1:4; 8:12. Christians are "light in the Lord," and are exhorted to walk as "children of light." Eph 5:8; 1Th 5:5. In the midst of darkness they are set to shine as lights in the world. Php 2:15. A grave responsibility rests upon them lest they should not have the heavenly lustre that would characterise them as having in their hearts the light of the glory of the Lord. If the light in the Christian become darkness by his not walking in the reality of it, how great is that darkness! Mt 6:23.
It has been very properly said that light is appropriately descriptive of God; for light, invisible in itself, manifests everything. Christians, as we have seen, are 'light in the Lord,' and thus convict the unfruitful works of darkness; but here we may notice that it is not said of them, as of God, that they are 'love,' for love is the sovereign spring of activity in God.
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but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
In him was life, and the life was the light of men;
THEN Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,
that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,
Watsons
LIGHT, ???, is used in a physical sense, Mt 17:2; Ac 9:3; 12:7; 2Co 4:6; for a fire giving light, Mr 14:54; Lu 22:56; for a torch, candle, or lamp, Ac 16:29; and for the material light of heaven, as the sun, moon, or stars, Ps 136:7; Jas 1:17. Figuratively taken, it signifies a manifest or open state of things, Mt 10:27; Lu 12:3; also prosperity, truth, and joy.
God is said to dwell in light inaccessible, 1Ti 6:16. This seems to contain a reference to the glory and splendour which shone in the holy of holies, where Jehovah appeared in the luminous cloud above the mercy seat, and which none but the high priest, and he only once a year, was permitted to approach unto, Le 16:2; Eze 1:22,26,28; but this was typical of the glory of the celestial world. It signifies, also, instruction, both by doctrine and example, Mt 5:16; Joh 5:35; or persons considered as giving such light, Mt 5:14; Ro 2:19. It is applied figuratively to Christ, the true Light, the Sun of Righteousness, who is that in the spiritual, which the material light is in the natural, world; who is the great Author, not only of illumination and knowledge, but of spiritual life, health, and joy to the souls of men.
The images of light and darkness, says Bishop Lowth, are commonly made use of in all languages to imply or denote prosperity and adversity, agreeably to the common sense and perception which all men have of the objects themselves. But the Hebrews employ those metaphors more frequently and with less variation than other people: indeed, they seldom refrain from them whenever the subject requires or will even admit of their introduction. These expressions, therefore, may be accounted among those forms of speech, which in the parabolic style are established and defined; since they exhibit the most noted and familiar images, and the application of them on this occasion is justified by an acknowledged analogy, and approved by constant and unvarying custom. In the use of images, so conspicuous and so familiar among the Hebrews, a degree of boldness is excusable. The Latins introduce them more sparingly, and therefore are more cautious in the application of them. But the Hebrews, upon a subject more sublime indeed, in itself, and illustrating it by an idea which was more habitual to them, more daringly exalt their strains, and give a loose rein to the spirit of poetry. They display, for instance, not the image of the spring, of Aurora, of the dreary night, but the sun and stars as rising with increased splendour in a new creation, or again involved in chaos and primeval darkness. Does the sacred bard promise to his people a renewal of the divine favour, and a recommencement of universal prosperity? In what magnificent colours does he depict it! Such, indeed, as no translation can illustrate, but such as none can obscure:
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You are the light of the world. A city situated on a mountain cannot be hid.
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.
What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops.
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments were white as the light.
And Peter followed him at a distance, till he came into the court of the chief priest; and he sat with the officers and warmed himself before the light.
Whatever, therefore, you have said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken to the ear in private rooms, shall be proclaimed on the houses.
And a certain female servant seeing him sitting by the light, and looking steadily at him, said, This man also was with him.
He was a burning and shining light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
And he was going and had come nigh to Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven,
And behold, an angel of the Lord came, and a light shone in the building; and striking Peter on the side he awoke him saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
And asking for a light he sprang in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
and believe yourself to be a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,
Let your words always be with kindness, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer every one.
who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen nor can see; to whom be honor and power eternal; amen.
All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.