Luke 8:16 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 8:16

No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

BSB

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ASV

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 they that enter in may see the light.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

FRAGMENTS ON LUKE 120, 122 (253)

Scripture does not say this about a tangible lamp but about a comprehensible one. One does not "light" the lamp and conceal it "with a vessel" or put it "under a bed, but on the lamp stand" within himself. The vessels of the house are the powers of the soul. The bed is the body. "Those who go in" are those who hear the teacher.…He calls the holy church a "lamp stand."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These verses form a practical application of the famous parable of the sower. They are intended to nail and clench in our minds — the mighty lessons which that parable contains. They deserve the especial attention of all true-hearted hearers of the Gospel of Christ. We learn, firstly, from these verses — that spiritual knowledge ought to be diligently used. Our Lord tells us that spiritual knowledge is like a lighted candle — utterly useless, when covered with a bushel, or put under a bed.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οὐδεὶς	Oudeis	No [one]	G3762 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
λύχνον	luchnon	a lamp	G3088 →
ἅψας	hapsas	having lighted	G681 →
καλύπτει	kaluptei	covers	G2572 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
σκεύει	skeuei	with a vessel	G4632 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ὑποκάτω	hupokatō	under	G5270 →
κλίνης	klinēs	a bed	G2825 →
τίθησιν,	tithēsin	puts [it],	G5087 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
λυχνίας	luchnias	a lampstand	G3087 →
τίθησιν	tithēsin	puts [it]	G5087 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
εἰσπορευόμενοι	eisporeuomenoi	entering in	G1531 →
βλέπωσιν	blepōsin	may see	G991 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φῶς.	phōs	light.	G5457 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Acts 20:32
  And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Isaiah 42:7
  to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Through
Luke 11:33
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
leads to
- Luke 8:16–17
  No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
- Mark 4:21–22
  Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
- Matthew 5:15–16
  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke