Matthew 6:22 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:22

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

KJV

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

This is an illustration drawn from the senses. As the whole body is in darkness, where the eye is not single, so if the soul has lost her original brightness, every sense, or that whole part of the soul to which sensation belongs, will abide in darkness. Wherefore He says, If then the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! that is, if the senses which are the soul's light be darkened by vice, in how great darkness do you suppose the darkness itself will be wrapped?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The eye is the lamp of the body - And what the eye is to the body, the intention is to the soul. We may observe with what exact propriety our Lord places purity of intention between worldly desires and worldly cares, either of which directly tend to destroy. If thine eye be single - Singly fixed on God and heaven, thy whole soul will be full of holiness and happiness.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The light of the body is the eye - That is, the eye is to the body what the sun is to the universe in the day time, or a lamp or candle to a house at night.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

There are three subjects brought before us in this part of our Lord’s sermon on the mount. These three are fasting, worldliness, and singleness of purpose in religion. Fasting, or occasional abstinence from food in order to bring the body into subjection to the spirit, is a practice frequently mentioned in the Bible, and generally in connection with prayer. David fasted when his child was sick; Daniel fasted when he sought special light from God; Paul and Barnabas fasted when they appointed elders; Esther fasted before going in to Ahasuerus.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	The	G3588 →
λύχνος	luchnos	lamp	G3088 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
σώματός	sōmatos	body	G4983 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμός.	ophthalmos	eye.	G3788 →
ἐὰν	ean	If	G1437 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ᾖ	ē	shall be	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμός	ophthalmos	eye	G3788 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἁπλοῦς,	haplous	clear	G573 →
ὅλον	holon	[the] whole	G3650 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
σῶμά	sōma	body	G4983 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
φωτεινὸν	phōteinon	full of light	G5460 →
ἔσται·	estai	will be;	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
leads to
- Colossians 2:8
  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- Galatians 1:6
  I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- Ephesians 4:14
  Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
- 1 John 4:1
  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Colossians 2:4
  I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
Through
Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
leads to
- Titus 2:9–10
  Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:18–21
  Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
Through
Acts 2:46
With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
leads to
- Psalms 86:11
  Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.