Luke 8:16 (WEB)
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Fathers and councils · 10
Tertullian
“If you hide your lamp beneath a bushel, you must necessarily be left quite in darkness, and be run against by many.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Mark iv. 21; Luke viii. 16; xi. 33.
Read the whole comment“I am, moreover, astonished when he says that “a candle is not usually hidden,” who had hidden himself—a greater and more needful light—during so long a time; and when he promises that “everything shall be brought out of its secrecy and…” — editor's note: Luke viii. 16.
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Aphrahat
“And again He said:—No man lighteth a lamp and putteth it under a bushel or under a bed, or putteth it in a hidden place, but putteth it upon the lamp-stand that every one may see the light of the lamp.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 15; Mark iv. 21; Luke viii. 16.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Having before said to His Apostles, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables; He now shews that by them at length must the same mystery be revealed also to others,…
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
As if He said, As a lantern is lighted that it should give light, not that it should be covered under a bushel or a bed, so also the secrets of the kingdom of heaven when uttered in parables, although hid from those…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Or else in these words He typically sets forth the boldness of preaching, that no one should, through fear of fleshly ills, conceal the light of knowledge. For under the names of vessel and bed, he represents the…
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
But he who would adapt his lantern to the more perfect disciples of Christ, must persuade us by those things which were spoken of John, for he was a burning and a shining light. (John 5:35.) It becomes not him then…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
By these words he leads them to diligence of life, teaching them to be strong as exposed to the view of all men, and fighting in the world as on a stage. As if he said, Think not that we dwell in a small part of the…
Read the whole comment - Maximus the ConfessorCatena Aurea on Luke
Or perhaps the Lord calls Himself a light shining to all who inhabit the house, that is, the world, since He is by nature God, but by the dispensation made flesh. And so like the light of the lamp He abides in the…
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But the Lord ceases not to teach us to hearken to His word, that we may be able both to constantly meditate on it in our own minds, and to bring it forth for the instruction of others. Hence it follows, Take heed…
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in Origen on Luke 8:16–18 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.19.