Light of the World
Matthew 5:14 (NASB) “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden..."
Matthew 5:14a (Phillips) “You are the world’s light..."
Matthew 5:14 (word studies)
“You [Jesus's disciples and the crowd of the Sermon on the Mount, anxious to hear Jesus's word] are the light [radiance, blaze of light] of the world ["kosmos." Variously: universe, the human race, the earth, the established order, everything apart from God]. A city ["of one's birth and residence"] set [laid out or situated] on a hill [or mountain] cannot be hidden [no power can hide]..."
Matthew 5:14 (my expanded)
You who desire to hear my word are a blazing radiance to the universe. You are a city is set on a high hill, and no power can hide it.
Hat tips:
1) Mounce Reverse-Interlinear New Testament
2) Lexicon-Concordance Online Bible
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