Matthew 5:15 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:15

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.

BSB

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ASV

Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Tertullian

The Prescription Against Heretics (220)

He used Himself to tell them that a candle was not usually "pushed away under a bushel, but placed on a candlestick," in order to "give light to all who are in the house." These things the apostles either neglected, or failed to understand, if they fulfilled them not, by concealing any portion of the light, that is, of the word of God and the mystery of Christ.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verset 14 et suiv.) You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Neither do men light a candle ... - The word rendered “candle” means any portable light, as a lamp, candle, lantern. Compare Mar 4:21; Luk 8:16; Luk 12:35. Jesus proceeded here to show them that the very reason why they were enlightened was that others might also see the light, and be benefited by it. When people light a candle, they do not conceal the light, but place it where it may be of use. So it is with religion. It is given that we may benefit others.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Modern Voices1 voice

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐδὲ	oude	Nor	G3761 →
καίουσιν	kaiousin	do they light	G2545 →
λύχνον	luchnon	a lamp	G3088 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τιθέασιν	titheasin	put	G5087 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	under	G5259 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
μόδιον	modion	a basket	G3426 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
λυχνίαν,	luchnian	lampstand,	G3087 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λάμπει	lampei	it shines	G2989 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	for all	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
οἰκίᾳ.	oikia	house.	G3614 →

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
Mark 4:21
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?
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- Isaiah 60:1–3
  Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
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
- 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?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
Through
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.
leads to
- Philippians 2:15–16
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 25:37
Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
leads to
- Numbers 8:2
  “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”