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The parable of the lamp under a bushel (also known as the lamp under a bowl) is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in Matthew 5:14 – 15 , Mark 4:21–25 and Luke 8:16–18 . In Matthew, the parable is a continuation of the discourse on salt and light in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount , whereas in Mark and Luke, it is connected with Jesus ...
In the King James Version of the Bible (KJV), the text reads: 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 shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Hilary of Poitiers: It is the nature of a light to emit its rays whithersoever it is carried about, and when brought into a house to dispel the darkness of that house.. Thus the world, placed beyond the pale of the knowledge of God, was held in the darkness of ignorance, till the light of knowledge was brought to it by the Apostles, and thenceforward the knowledge of God shone bright, and from ...
The later verses refer to not hiding a lamp under a bushel, which also occurs in Luke 8:16–18 and the phrase "Light of the World", which also appears in John 8:12. Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Parables are one of the many literary forms in the Bible, but are especially seen in the gospels of the New Testament. ... The Lamp Under a Bushel: Matthew 5:14–15 ...
The exact meaning of the expression is disputed, [13] in part because salt had a wide number of uses in the ancient world. Salt was extremely important in the time period when Matthew was written, and ancient communities knew that salt was a requirement of life. [14]
An illustration of the parable of "a lamp on a stand", together with the parable of the Growing Seed, in Mark 4. Jesus then speaks of a lamp on a stand, that one does not hide it, but allows it to shine . He says, "For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
Luke 8 is the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist, a companion of Paul the Apostle on his missionary journeys, [1] composed both this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. [2]