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John McEvilly writes that, "These words have the same object as the preceding, to stimulate the Apostles to shine as lights before the world, to enlighten the surrounding darkness, and impart to all the world the light of a holy, spotless life, and of pure teaching. As a city on a hill cannot be hid, so neither can the Apostles, from their ...
15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16: Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 15: Neither do you light a lamp, and put it
Jesus said, “You are the light of the world … let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16). This light is ...
[3] [4] The term "Life of the World" is applied in the same sense by Jesus to himself in John 6:51. [2] Light is defined as life, as seen in John 1:4, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men". Those who have faith through him will have eternal life. In John's Gospel, "darkness is present in the absence of light; the absence of ...
By the light of truth: School motto of Queen Margaret College: luceat lux vestra: Let your light shine: From Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16; popular as a school motto lucem sequimur: We follow the light: Motto of the University of Exeter: luceo non uro: I shine, not burn: Motto of the Highland Scots Clan Mackenzie: lucida sidera: The shining stars: Horace ...
"Let Your Light Shine on Me" is a traditional gospel blues song, having been recorded by The Wiseman Quartet in 1923, by Ernest Phipps in 1928, and by Blind Willie Johnson in 1929. The song itself is also known as " Shine On Me ", " Let It Shine on Me ", " Light from the Lighthouse " and " Light from Your Lighthouse ".
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." The parallel passage in Luke 11:33 of the King James Version gives: "No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light."
I have no idea where that story came from, but I am gratified that the paragraph has come to mean so much to so many people." [14] The passage has been compared to a statement of Jesus of Nazareth found in Matthew 5:16, "let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." [15] [16] [17]