Lucas 11

Lucas 11

Vincent says "The picture underlying this adjective (haplous) is that of a piece of cloth or other material, neatly folded once, and without a variety of complicated folds. Hence the idea of simplicity or singleness (compare simplicity from the Latin simplex; semel, once; plicare, to fold). So, in a moral sense, artless, plain, pure. Here sound, as opposed to evil or diseased. Possibly with reference to the double-mindedness and indecision condemned in Mt 6:24+." Haplous - 2v - Matt. 6:22; Lk. 11:34 Full of light (5460)(photeinos from phos = light) means shining, bright, full of light, radiant (Mt 17:5). Full of light, illuminated (Mt 6:22; Lk 11:34, 36). Friberg - (1) as describing what is composed of or full of light illuminated, well-lit, clear (Mt 6.22); (2) as what is characterized by light bright, shining, radiant (Mt 17.5) (Borrow Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament) Gilbrant - This adjective is related to the noun phōs, “light,” and can be found in classical Greek from the Fourth Century B.C. meaning “shining, bright” (Liddell-Scott). It appears five times in the New Testament, four of which are located in the parallel accounts of Jesus’ teaching on the sound eye (Mt 6:22, 23; Lk 11:34–36). Through the eye gate proceeds light or darkness, depending on the person’s spiritual outlook. The other instance is in Matthew’s description of the scene on the Mount of Transfiguration where “a bright cloud overshadowed them” (Mt 17:5). A cloud like this often accompanied the presence of God (cf. Ex 40:34f.; Nu 9:15f.; 1 Ki 8:10, 11). (Complete Biblical Library) Photeinos in the NT - 5x/4v - bright(1), full of light(3), illumined(1). Matt. 6:22; Matt. 17:5; Lk. 11:34; Lk. 11:36. No uses in the Septuagint. Bad (4190)(poneros from pónos = labor, sorrow, pain) is not just evil but speaks of active evil which seeks to injure and thus it comes as no surprise that Satan is called poneros (1 Jn 3:12, 1 Jn 5:18-19). Friberg - (1) adjectivally; (a) as what is physically disadvantageous = bad, harmful, evil, painful (Eph 5.16; Rev 16.2); (b) of persons and things, as of little worth to anyone = useless, unprofitable, unserviceable (Mt 7.18; 18.32; perhaps Mt 6.23 and Lk 11.34); (c) in a moral sense of persons and things characterized by ill will = evil, wicked, malicious (Mt 12.35; probably Mt 6.23 and Lk 11.34); (2) substantivally; (a) of persons = evildoer, wicked person, bad person (Mt 13.49); (b) as a term for the devil = the evil or wicked one (Mt 13.19) (c) neuter = generally evil (MT 5.11) (Borrow Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament) Poneros in Luke and Acts - Lk. 3:19; Lk. 6:22; Lk. 6:35; Lk. 6:45; Lk. 7:21; Lk. 8:2; Lk. 11:13; Lk. 11:26; Lk. 11:29; Lk. 11:34; Lk. 19:22; Acts 17:5; Acts 18:14; Acts 19:12; Acts 19:13; Acts 19:15; Acts 19:16; Acts 25:18; Acts 28:21 Full of Darkness (4652)(skoteinos from skotos = darkness) means dark, without light. Friberg says skoteinos means "in the dark; figuratively, as characterized by lack of moral and spiritual perception full of darkness, i.e. unable to know the difference between right and wrong " Gilbrant - In classical Greek usage this noun denotes “darkness.” It describes the state of things that are difficult to see and the results of such a state (e.g., perilous movement, a kind of paralysis, danger, and fear). To be locked outside the city gates after dark was to be at the mercy of vicious bandits and wild animals. Darkness also signifies ignorance, obscurity, deception, or even the inability to “see,” that is, to learn anything new. Hence, darkness can refer to all that is dangerous or evil (Ps 69:23). Darkness is also the condition of death and the underworld (Job 10:20-22; Ps 88:6). The evil person is “darkened” (spiritually blinded). (Complete Biblical Library) Skoteinos us used only in Mt 6:23, Lk 11:34, 36 but 15x in 15v in the Septuagint - Ge 15:12; 2 Ki. 5:24; Job 10:21;15:23; Ps 18:11; 88:6; 143:3; Pr. 1:6; 4:19; Isa. 45:3; 45:19; 48:16; Jer. 13:16; Lam 3:6; Dan. 2:22 J C