secundum Matthæum 11:36

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit, non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, et sicut lucerna fulgoris illuminabit te.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit, non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, et sicut lucerna fulgoris illuminabit te.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Si ergo corpus tuum totum lucidum fuerit non habens aliquam partem tenebrarum, erit lucidum totum, sicut quando lucerna in fulgore suo illuminat te".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the whole: Psalms 119:97-105, Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 2:1-11, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 6:23, Proverbs 20:27, Isaiah 8:20, Isaiah 42:16, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:12, Matthew 13:52, Mark 4:24, Mark 4:25, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 4:14, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Hebrews 5:14, James 1:25, 2 Peter 3:18

the bright shining of a candle: Gr. a candle by its bright shining

Reciprocal: 2 Timothy 1:10 - and hath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 accompanying the word:

having no part dark; every power and faculty of the soul being affected with it, and influenced by it, though, as yet, the light and knowledge of evangelical things is not perfect in any:

the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light; the whole soul shall be as full of light and joy, which the Gospel always brings with it, as a room is full of light, when a candle is lighted, and shines brightly, and burns clearly in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15; Matthew 6:22-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 11:36. The whole shall be full of light — Or, altogether enlightened; i.e. when the eye is perfect, it enlightens the whole body. Every object within the reach of the eye is as completely seen as if there was an eye in every part. So the eye is to every part of the body what the lamp is to every part of the house.

When the light of Christ dwells fully in the heart, it extends its influence to every thought, word, and action; and directs its possessor how he is to act in all places and circumstances. It is of the utmost importance to have the soul properly influenced by the wisdom that comes from above. The doctrine that is contrary to the Gospel may say, Ignorance is the mother of devotion; but Christ shows that there can be no devotion without heavenly light. Ignorance is the mother of superstition; but with this the heavenly light has nothing to do.