Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Luke 8:16

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. Nobody puts the lamp under a vessel or a couch, as a rule; it may be done occasionally when the light, which burns night and day in an eastern cottage, for any reason needs to be obscured for a while. ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορευόμενοι, etc., that those entering in may see the light. The light is rather for the benefit of those who are within (τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, Matthew 5:15), the inmates. Is Lk. thinking of the Gentiles coming into the church?

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Luke 8:16

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