| 单词 | the light of the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe light of the world b. the light of the world: (a) (a name for) Jesus or (occasionally) God, as the source of spiritual enlightenment; (b) the followers of Jesus as exemplars of God's nature.In quot. OE showing the equivalent phrase middenerd's light (cf. middenerd n.). [In sense (a) after John 8:12, in which Jesus applies the expression to himself; in sense (b) after Matthew 5:14, in which Jesus applies the expression to his disciples.] ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 14 Ge synt middaneardes leoht.] Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 4 (MED) Thei [sc. the disciples] ben clepid salt of the erthe, and aftirward the light of the world. c1480 (a1400) Prol. 129 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 5 God..of þis warld callit þame þe lichte. 1678 E. Polhill Speculum Theologiae ii. 9 He veiled himself in our flesh, that he, who was light of light in the eternal Generation, might become the light of the World in an admirable Incarnation. 1850 Church of Eng. Mag. 5 Oct. 227/1 The children of light are ‘the light of the world’. We should scarcely have dared to say this, if Christ had not said it; for it is the very name and description of himself. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 27 Feb. The appearance of the pure white flower, which is the first of spring, often coincides with the festival that celebrates God as the light of the world. < as lemmas |
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