[NICNT]. The eye is a metaphor for one’s moral disposition [NIBC]. A diseased eye still has sight, so this is speaking of spiritual conditions and the one eye in the illustration refers to the heart that draws the whole body into the light to follow Jesus or into the dark to oppose Jesus [Lns]. When a person’s inner disposition is illumined, he will truly know God and experience peace of mind, but when his heart is not right with God, he will experience the darkness of stubborn unbelief [NTC]. In
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