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Why capitalize Light of the world only sometimes?


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00:00:00.000 | Well, the reason we capitalized "Light of the World" on some references and not in others
00:00:06.040 | has to do with a little thing called the article.
00:00:09.880 | When Jesus says, "I am the light of the world," he's giving a title to himself and that's
00:00:16.440 | capitalized.
00:00:17.760 | In the other reference, however, the article is not in the original language and it's more
00:00:23.400 | like he's the light for the world.
00:00:27.000 | He's not the light of the world.
00:00:29.200 | He's serving as a light to the world.
00:00:32.080 | First time, the article is there in the Greek.
00:00:35.240 | The second time, the article is not there.
00:00:37.400 | So "I am the light of the world," capitalized.
00:00:40.240 | "I am serving as a light to the world," not capitalized.
00:00:44.660 | So it has to do with what's in the original language.