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NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE ... - The word rendered “candle”
means any portable light, as a lamp, candle, lantern. Compare Mark
4:21; Luke 8:16; Luke 12:35. Jesus proceeded here to show them that
th...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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Mt. here brings together material (_a)_ found scattered in Lk., (_b)_
peculiar to himself.
MATTHEW 5:13. SALT AND LIGHT. Good men are not only rewarded in the
coming age, they help the world now and...
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LIGHT. CANDLE AND PUT IT UNDER. BUSHEL.
A lamp in the Revision, which is correct. Candles and candlesticks
were not used in Scripture times. The seven-branched candlestick of
the tabernacle was compo...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and
it gives light to all in the house.
It may well be said that...
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NEITHER. and not (Greek. _ou)_. App-105.
CANDLE. lamp. Greek. _luchcnos._
A BUSHEL. the measure. Greek. _modion =_. dry measure: i.e. any
measure there may happen to be in the house.
ON. upon. Gree...
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_a bushel_ Rather, THE bushel, i. e. the common measure found in every
Jewish house. Strictly speaking, the _modius_, translated "bushel,"
denoted a smaller measure equal to about two gallons.
_candl...
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ΤῸΝ ΜΌΔΙΟΝ. ‘The bushel,’ i.e. the common measure found
in every Jewish house. The article generalises. Strictly speaking, the
_modius_ denoted a smaller measure equal to about two gallons.
ΛΎΧΝΟΣ …...
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_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that
exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the
earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
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ΚΑΊΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. 3 pers. pl. от_ ΚΑΊΩ (G2545)
светить,
ΛΎΧΝΟΣ (G368) масляный светильник,
маленькая глиняная плошка,
ΤΙΘΈΑΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087)
ставить, размещать,
ΜΌΔΙ...
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DISCOURSE: 1296
CHRISTIANS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Matthew 5:14. _Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an
hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
bushel, b...
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NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE, &C.— This seems to be a proverbial
expression. See the application that Christ makes of it on another
occasion; Mark 4:21.Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33. They formerly used _lamp...
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B. THE MISSION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
TEXT: 5:13-16
13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to b...
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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.
NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE (OR 'LAMP') [ luchnon (G3088 )], AN...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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5:15 bushel, (b-12) I have left 'bushel' as well known; it was a
measure under half a bushel....
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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THE RELATION OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES TO THE WORLD. Nothing corresponding
to this section is found in St. Luke's sermon, but parallels occur in
Luke 14:34 and Luke 11:33. The section is well placed by St...
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A CANDLE] RV 'a lamp': see Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33. A BUSHEL
(Lat. _modius_)] RV 'the bushel,' i.e. the one which is kept in the
house for measuring the corn or meal for the daily provision o...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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LIGHT A CANDLE. — The word so rendered was probably a portable lamp
rather than a candle in the common meaning of the word. The candles of
the seven-branched candlestick of the Temple were undoubtedly...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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A parabolic word pointing out that such a policy in the natural sphere
is unheard of and absurd. καίουσι, to kindle, _accendere_,
ordinarily neuter = _urere_; not as Beza thought, a Hebraism; examples...
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_Disciple functions_. It is quite credible that these sentences formed
part of the Teaching on the Hill. Jesus might say these things at a
comparatively early period to the men to whom He had already...
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THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Matthew 5:10-16
We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a
consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which
expose...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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This light of the world, city on a mountain, and candle upon a
candlestick, signify the Catholic Church, so built upon Christ, the
mountain, that it must be visible, and cannot be hidden or unknown.
...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_THE CITY ON THE HILL_
‘A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.’
Matthew 5:14
How strange and exaggerated such language must have sounded to that
rude and rough company which first heard it. S...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE,.... Which may be read impersonally, "a
candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gifts
qualifying men to preach it; which, like a candle, was lighte...
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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.
Ver. 15. _Neither do men light a candle to put it under a bushel,
&...
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_Ye are the light of the world_ The effect of light being to make
things manifest, Ephesians 5:13, and to direct us in the way in which
we are to walk; the import of this metaphor is, that Christ had...
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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.
Christ is, strictly speaking, the only true light of the world, John...
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The same admonition under a different figure:...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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A BUSHEL:
[symbol in wrong place in 1611] the word in the original signifieth a
measure containing about a pint less than a peck...
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13-16 Ye are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and
wickedness, were as a vast heap, ready to putrify; but Christ sent
forth his disciples, by their lives and doctrines to season it w...
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You ought also to consider the end why I have communicated of my light
unto you; it is in part the same with that of men: when they light up
a candle in a room, which is to show light to all those tha...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "No one lighteth a candle, and
putteth it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may give
light to those who are regarded worthy of the feast."[28]
Tert...
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Matthew 5:15 Nor G3761 light G2545 (G5719) lamp G3088 and G2532 put
G5087 (G5719) it G846 under...
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RATHER THAN DESERVING REPROACH AND CALUMNIATION THEY ARE TO BE THE
SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (5:13-16).
Having commenced His sermon by revealing what the disciples are, by
virtue of...
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THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE
THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD
WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED, AND WILL BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND...
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Matthew 5:15. A CANDLE, or ‘lamp.'
THE BUSHEL. The ordinary household measure, holding about a peck.
Under this the light could be hid.
BUT ON THE CANDLESTICK, or ‘lampstand;' its proper place, an...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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The scene (Matthew 5:1), the formal preface of the Evangelist (Matthew
5:2); the opening description of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 5:3-10); their relation to the world ...
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UNDER THE BUSHEL
(υπο τον μοδιον). Not a bushel. "The figure is taken from
lowly cottage life. There was a projecting stone in the wall on which
the lamp was set. The house consisted of a single roo...
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Matthew 5:13
Influence of Christian Character.
I. Christians such Christians as those to whom the Beatitudes of the
previous verses belong are called to be, and will be, the "salt of the
earth," and...
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Matthew 5:14
I. "Ye are the light of the world." The words are, so to speak, a
reflection of a higher and more perfect truth which was to be spoken
hereafter by our Lord Himself. "I am," He said, "the...
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Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_
The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve
it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent
savor about you w...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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TO PUT IT UNDER A BOWL. The very purpose of lighting a lamp would make
it foolish to conceal its light. Just so would it be absurd to conceal
truth....
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HOW TO BE A LAMP
A lamp. Matthew 5:15.
Would you like to know how to be a lamp? Boys and girls can all be
lamps. They can't be electric arc lights or incandescent burners they
must leave that to th...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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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;...
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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Exodus 25:37; Luke 11:33; Luke 8:16; Mark 4:21; Numbers 8:2...
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A bushel [τ ο ν μ ο δ ι ο ν]. Rev., rightly, "the bushel;"
since the definite article is designed to indicate a familiar object -
the grain - measure which is found in every house.
A candlestick [τ η...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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Nay, the very design of God in giving you this light was, that it
might shine. Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33....