Luke 8:16

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. The ancient Jews had nothing resembling our bed.They slept on divans, or on mats laid upon the floor, as is still the case in the East. The best comment on this verse is Matthew 5:14; Matthew 5:16, "Ye are the light of the world....Let your light so shine before men, &c." John the Baptist is compared to -a lamp kindled and shining," and here the disciples are compared to it. Christ lighted the flame in their souls to be a beacon to all the world.

setteth it on a candlestick Rather, places it on a lamp-stand.