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Chapter 11 (Continued)
{Internal
Light}
11:33``
"No one, lighting a candle/lamp
puts
it in a cellar/crypt/'hidden place' {krupte}
or
under a grain-basket/bushel {modios},
rather
{alla}, on a lampstand/ candelabrum {luchnia} . . .
so
that those coming in
can
see/'glance at' {blepo} the light.
11:34``Your eye is the lamp {luchnos} of your body.
When
your eyes may work well
{idiom: literally 'when your eyes may be single {of single focus}'},
your
whole body is full of light.
But
when they {your eyes} do not {work well in bringing in light} . . .
your
body is full of darkness.
{Note: In Revelation, the hero elect angels are said to wear a 'coat of eyes'. This apparently is like their medal of honor. Eyes represent perception. And light represents God's divine viewpoint. When you take in God's Word and voluntarily replace your own human viewpoint with doctrinal divine viewpoint, then your soul is being filled with light! Otherwise, it is full of human viewpoint, which is called 'darkness'. One of Satan's titles is the 'dark one'. God did create Satan perfect, but from his own free will, deviated from God's thinking into his own - thereby creating 'creature viewpoint'. We start in our soul human viewpoint. We can 1) live all our lives with human viewpoint or 2)fall into Satan's form of darkness through demon possession or demon influence, or 3) move up to the Light of the World - have the Mind of Christ in our soul. Those are our choices.}
11:35``Be
constantly scrutinizing yourself {skopeo - an order}
therefore,
that the 'light in you' {your viewpoint}
is
not darkness
{anything but divine viewpoint - human or Satanic viewpoint are
two of which we know}.
11:36``If
{ei} your whole body is 'full of light' {photeinos}
with
no part in the dark {skoteinos}
-
and assuming it is true {1st class condition of assumption} -
it
will be as 'full of light' {photeinos}
like
when the 'bright light' {astrape} of a lamp
shines
on you."
{Rebuking
the Pharisees and Experts in the Law}
11:37~~Now
as He {Jesus} spoke,
a
certain Pharisee kept on inviting Him {Jesus}
to
have a meal with him.
So going in, He 'reclined at the table' {anapipto}.
11:38``Now
when the Pharisee was seeing
that
He {Jesus} absolutely did not {ouk}
first
wash {baptizo}
before
the meal . . .
he
was astonished.
11:39``Then
the Lord said face to face with him {the Pharisee},
"Now
you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate . . .
but
inside you are full of 'the act of plundering'/greed {harpage}
and
'evil desires'/wickedness {poneria}.
11:40``
{You} 'Without Reason!'/'Stupid Ones!'/Fools! {aphron}
Didn't
the One Who made the outside . . .
make
the inside as well?
11:41``Rather,
the
things which are inside . . . give . . . like alms . . .
and,
behold, all things are clean to you.
42``-
Woe to you Pharisees,
for
you pay tithe {works, keeps the law etc.}
of
mint and rue {a plant}
and
every kind of garden herb . . .
and
yet you disregard justice
and
the love {agape} of God.
But
these are things you should have done
while
neglecting the others."
{Jesus is saying forget about tithing and learn something about
justice and love}
11:43``Woe
to you Pharisees . . .
because
you love {agapao}
the
highest {and therefore best} seats in the synagogues
and
'flattering greetings' {aspasmos} in the marketplaces!
11:44``
Woe to you,
because
you are like 'unmarked graves'/
'graves
not whitewashed are indistinct' . . .
and
people walk over them
{under Jewish law to walk on a grave makes one 'ritualistically
unclean'}
without
knowing it!"
11:45``Then
one of the 'experts in religious law' {nomikos}
'had
an answer for'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of himself to' {apokrinomai} said,
"Teacher
{didaskalos},
saying
these things . . . You rebuke/insult {hubrizo} us also."
11:46``So
He {Jesus} replies,
"Woe
to you also 'experts in religious law',
because
you load people down with burdens difficult to bear
yet
you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens
with
one of your fingers!
11:47``
Woe to you,
because
you build the tombs/sepulcher {mnemeion}
of
the prophets . . .
and
your ancestors killed them.
11:48``
So then, you testify/'bear witness'
that
you altogether approve of the deeds of your ancestors . . .
because
they indeed killed them {the prophets}
and
you build their tombs.
11:49-51``For
this reason
also
the wisdom {sophia} of God said,
'I
will 'send on a mission with my authority' {apostello} them
prophets
and ambassadors/apostles {apostolos},
some
of whom they will kill and persecute,' 11:50``
for
the purpose that
this
generation may be held accountable
for
the blood of all the prophets
that
has been shed since the beginning of the world, 11:51``
from
the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,
who
was killed between the altar and the sanctuary.
Yes, I {Jesus} tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
11:52``
Woe to you 'experts in religious law' {nomikos},
because
you have taken away the key to knowledge {gnosis}!
You
absolutely did not {ouk} go in yourselves . . .
and
you hindered those who were going in."
11:53-54``And
after He {Jesus} went out from there,
the
'experts in the law' and the Pharisees
began
to oppose/'set themselves against' Him bitterly,
and
to ask Him hostile questions about many things, 11:54``
plotting
against Him,
to
catch him in something He might say.
{Note: They were trying to get Him to say something that they could use to discredit Him.}
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