A contextualised reading of Matthew 6:22–23: ‘Your eye is the lamp of your body’

For the modern reader the logion ‘The eye is the lamp of the body’ is puzzling. While most scholars concur that it has something to do with greed and envy, they often fail to explain this correlation between inner attitudes and the physical eye. In this article I argue that the meaning of this passa...

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Main Author: Francois P. Viljoen
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2009-07-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
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Online Access:https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/152