Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

Mark 4:21

A candle [ο λ υ χ ν ο ς]. Properly, the lamp, as Rev.

Brought [ε ρ χ ε τ α ι]. Lit., cometh. Doth the lamp come? This impersonation or investing the lamp with motion is according to Mark's lively mode of narrative, as is the throwing of the passage into the interrogative form. Compare Luke 8:16. The lamp : the article indicating a familiar household implement. So also "the bed" and "the stand."

Bushel [μ ο δ ι ο ν]. The Latin modius. One of Mark's Latin words. See on Matthew 5:15. The modius was nearer a peck than a bushel.

Bed [κ λ ι ν η ν]. A couch for reclining at table.

Candlestick [λ υ χ ν ι α ν]. Rev., correctly, stand; i e., lamp stand. See on Matthew 5:15.

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Mark 4:21

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