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Luke 8:16
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed, but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed, but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
Verse Luke 8:16. _LIGHTED A CANDLE_] This is a repetition of a part of our Lord's sermon on the mount. See the notes on Matthew 5:15; Matthew 10:26; and on M...
See the notes at Mark 4:21....
CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. ...
THE LAMP (Mark 4:21 *) Luke 8:16 is repeated at Luke 11:33; Luke 11:17 at Luk
No one lights a lamp and then hides it under a vessel or puts it under a bed. No! he puts it on a lamp-stand so that those who come in may see the light. There is nothing hidden which will not be made...
ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...
NO MAN. Greek _oudeis,_ compound of ou. App-105. CANDLE. a lamp. See App-130. BED. couch. ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. CANDLESTICK. lampstand....
16-18. How TO USE THE LIGHT. 16. _a candle_ Rather, A LAMP. _with a vessel_ S.t Luke uses this word as more intelligible to his Gentile readers than "bushel." _under a bed_ Rather, UNDER A COUCH. Th...
HOW TO USE THE LIGHT WHICH CHRIST HAS THUS KINDLED...
ΛΎΧΝΟΝ. “A lamp.” The connexion lies partly in the antithesis between penal obscurity and the dissemination of added light. ΣΚΕΎΕΙ. St Luke uses the word as more intelligible to his Gentile readers t...
VER 16. NO MAN, WHEN HE HAS LIGHTED A CANDLE, COVERS IT WITH A VESSEL, OR PUTS IT UNDER A BED; BUT SETS IT ON A CANDLESTICK, THAT THEY WHICH ENTER IN MAY SEE THE LIGHT. 17. FOR NOTHING IS SECRET, THAT...
ΛΎΧΝΟΣ (G3088) светильник (_см._ Matthew 5:15). ΆΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΠΤΩ (G681) зажигать, ΚΑΛΎΠΤΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ КАΛΎΠΤΩ (G2572) прятать, скрывать. Гномич. _praes._ ΣΚΕΎΕΙ _dat. sing....
DISCOURSE: 1504 THE LIGHTED CANDLE Luke 8:16. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may...
A CANDLE,— _A lamp._...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 In Educating The Ego (Luke 8:1-21) 8 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve wer...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Lamp Scripture_ Luke 8:16-18 And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that th...
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:1....
9-10 Compare Mat_13:10-17; Mar_4:10-13; Isa_6:9. 11-12 Compare Mat_13:18-19; Mar_4:14-15. 13 Compare Mat_13:20-21; Mar_4:16-17. 14-15 Compare Mat_13:22-23; Mar_4:18-20. 16-18 Compare Luk_11:33-36;...
FURTHER REMARKS ON TEACHING BY PARABLES (Mark 4:21). See on Mk....
PARABLE OF THE SOWER. THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk)....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 THE WOMEN WHO HELPED JESUS 8:1-3 V1 Soon afterwards, Jesus travelled round the towns and villages. He brought the good news about the *kingdom of G...
NO MAN, WHEN HE HATH LIGHTED A CANDLE. — Better, _a lamp;_ and for “a candlestick,” _the lampstand._ See Notes on Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21. In St. Matthew the proverb comes into the Sermon on the Mount...
CHAPTER 14 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Luke 8:1 IN a single parenthetical sentence our Evangelist indicates a marked change in the mode of the Divine ministry. Hitherto "His own city," Capernaum, has...
ἅψας : Mt. has καίουσιν. ἅπτειν is the more classical word. σκεύει : any hollow vessel instead of the more definite but less familiar μόδιον in Mt. and Mk. κλίνης, bed or couch, as in Mt. and Mk. Nobo...
_Those who have light must let it shine_ (Matthew 5:15; Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:21-25). Lk. here seems to follow Mk., who brings in at the same point the parable of the lamp, setting forth the duty of t...
HEARING; DOING; BELIEVING Luke 8:16-25 Inconsistency, unkindly words and acts, disobedience to our known duty will prevent our light from shining. If Christ has illumined your wick, see that you tru...
Luke here refers to our Lord's journeyings, and reveals the interesting and beautiful fact of how women of wealth provided for him on the material level, ministering to Him of their substance. At this...
(2) No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth [it] on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. (2) That which every...
Our Lord calls himself the lighted candle, placed in the middle of the world. Christ was by nature God, and by dispensation man: and thus, not unlike a torch placed in the middle of a house, does our...
CHAPTER 26 THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25; & Luke 8:4-18. Mark: “And again He began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude were gathered unto Him, so that, entering into a ship, He sat in...
7. _The Parable of the Sower: Luke 8:4-18_. The preceding passage indicated a change in the mode of the Lord's outward life. The following passage indicates a change in His mode of teaching; a crisis,...
4 _th. Luke 8:16-18_. _Practical Conclusion._ “ _No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in...
(4) And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: (5) A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_BE PATIENT_ ‘And bring forth fruit with patience.’ Luke 8:15 I want to take to-day the subject of patience, and the reverse, impatience. I. IN ORDINARY BUSINESS AFFAIRS.—Impatience is the cause o...
In chapter 8 the Lord explains the import and the effect of His ministry; and especially, I doubt not, its effect among the Jews. However great the unbelief, Jesus carries on His work to the end, and...
NO MAN, WHEN HE HATH LIGHTED A CANDLE,.... Christ by this, and some proverbial sentences following, observes to his disciples, that though the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven were delivered in para...
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth _it_ under a bed; but setteth _it_ on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. Ver. 16. _No man, when he...
_No man, when he hath lighted a candle_, &c. See on Matthew 5:15; and Mark 4:21. _Nothing is secret_, &c. See on Matthew 10:26. _Take heed, therefore, how ye hear._ In...
Candle under a bushel. Mark 4:21-25....
WOMEN PROVIDING FOR THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-3) The grace of the heart of the Lord Jesus must be made known through all the country, though not yet in its fullness, nor as resulting from the value of the...
4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if t...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 5:15", SEE POOLE ON "MARK 4:21"....
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Now, for whatever reason He threatens the "deprivation," it will not be the work of a god who knows not how to threaten, because incapable of anger. I am, moreover,...
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CHAPTER 8. Jesus Proclaims the Parables of the Kingly Rule of God (8:1-18). Having commenced this part section with the new Law of the Kingly Rule of God (Luke 6:20), and having in various ways revea...
THE PURPOSE OF THE WORD IS THAT IT MIGHT COME FULLY INTO THE LIGHT, FOR ONE DAY IT WILL CERTAINLY DO SO (8:16-18). ‘And no man, when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a...
Luke 8:16-18. See on Mark 4:21-25. The same thoughts occur in Matthew in different connections. THINKETH HE HATH (Luke 8:18) is peculiar to Luke. It is self-deception, not deception of others that is...
CHRONOLOGY. It is evident from the parallel accounts that the incident of Luke 8:19-21 preceded the parable, etc., Luke 8:4-18. Some would even insert between them a number of discourses related by Lu...
WHEN HE HATH LIGHTED A LAMP (λυχνον αψας). It is a portable lamp (λυχνον) that one lights (αψας aorist active participle of απτω, to kindle, fasten to, light).WITH A VESSEL (σκευε, instrumental ca...
Luke 8:1. _And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,_ Our Lord's displ...
CONTENTS: Jesus preaching and healing in Galilee. Parable of the sower, the lighted candle. Stilling of the waves. Demons cast out of man of Gadara. Healing of a woman. Raising of Jairus' daughter. C...
Luke 8:2. _Mary, called Magdalene._ Origen reckons three women who anointed the Saviour. The first, in the house of Simon the pharisee. Luke 7:37. The second, the woman who anointed him six days befor...
NO ONE LIGHTS A LAMP AND COVERS IT. See notes on Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21-25. Mark says: _"Pay attention to what you hear. "_ Luke says: _"Be careful, then, how you listen._ " _What_ we hear depends up...
_No man, when he hath lighted a candle_ THE LIGHTED LAMP The truth symbolized by this imagery is the self-revealing character of the real disciple of Christ. His teaching is reproductive as the seed...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 8:16 HIDDEN... BE MADE MANIFEST... SECRET... COME TO LIGHT. Jesus is ultimately speaking about the final judgment, but gospel proclam
Jesus teaches about being the light of the world Matthew 5:14-16; Mark 4:21-22; Luke 8:16-18; Luke 11:33-36;...
CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _And the twelve_ (apostles) _were with Him, i.e._ they accompanied Jesus as He went through the cities and villages preaching....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 8:4. A PARABLE.—The word “parable” means a putting forth of one thing beside another for the purpose of comparison between them. Christ’s adoption of this mode of teaching marks...
EXPOSITION LUKE 8:1 _St. Luke_'_s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus._ LUKE 8:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's wa...
And it came to pass afterward, as he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been h...
Acts 26:18; Luke 11:33; Mark 4:21; Mark 4:22; Matthew 5:15;...
Candle [λ υ χ ν ο ν]. Rev., properly, lamp. See on Mark 4:21. Candlestick [λ υ χ ν ι α ς]. Correctly, as Rev., a stand. See on Matthew 5:15....
No man having lighted a candle — As if ho had said, And let your good fruit appear openly. Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33....
In these words Christ declares his end and design in revealing unto his disciples the foregoing parable, and why he communicated to them the light of scripture knowledge and gospel mysteries, namely,...