King James Version
Luke 11:35 in the King James Version says “Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.”
Luke 11:35 · KJV
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.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. the bright: Gr. a candle by its bright shining
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“not”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“that the light”
G5457luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
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