Matthew 5:14
You are the Ohr HaOlam (the Light of the World). A city lying on a mountaintop cannot be nistar (hidden).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz.
Ezekiel 5:5Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; This is Yerushalayim: I have set it in the midst of the Goyim and countries that are all around her.
John 8:12Then again he spoke to them, saying, Ani Hu HaOhr HaOlam Hazeh. The one following me will never walk in choshech, but will have the Ohr HaChayyim. + 8:12 Isa 9:1; 42:8; 49:6; 60:1,3; Prov 4:18
Romans 2:19And being confident that you are a moreh derech (guide) of the ivrim (blind ones), an ohr for those in choshech,
Ephesians 5:8For you were once Choshech, but now you are Ohr (Light) in Hashem. Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech as yeladim of HaOhr.
1 Thessalonians 5:5For all of you are Bnei Ohr and Bnei Yom; we are not of the Lailah nor of the Choshech.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:14-17
The Sermon on the Mount. 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify… Read the whole commentary →