John 5:35

Verse 35. He was. It is probable that John had been cast into prison before this, Hence his public ministry had ceased, and our Saviour says he was such a light. Light. The word in the original properly means a lamp, and is not the same which in Joh 1:4,5 is translated light. That is a word commonly applied to the sun, the fountain of light; this means a lamp, or a light that is lit up or kindled artificially from oil or tallow. A teacher is often called a light, because he guides or illuminates the minds of others. Ro 2:19. "Thou art confident that thou art a guide of the blind, a light of them that sit in darkness;" Joh 8:12; 12:46; Mt 5:14. A burning.