Ewangelia Marka 4:21

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba

Potem przemówił do nich: Czy lampę przynosi się po to, by ją postawić pod łóżkiem albo przykryć garnkiem? Czy raczej nie po to, by ją postawić na świeczniku?

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Nadto im rzekł: Izali świecę zaświecają, aby ją kładziono pod korzec abo pod łoże? Zaż nie dlatego, aby była w lichtarz postawiona?

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Nadto mówił im: Izali przynoszą świecę, aby wstawiona była pod korzec albo pod łoże? izali nie dlatego, aby ją na świecznik wstawiono?

Biblia Przekład Toruński
21 I mówił im: Czy wnosi się lampę, aby ją postawić pod korcem albo pod łóżkiem? A nie po to, by ją postawiono na świeczniku?

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Mówił im także: Czy przynoszą świecę, aby została wstawiona pod naczynie, albo pod łoże? Czy nie po to, aby była umieszczona na świeczniku?

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Nadto mówił im: Izali przynoszą świecę, aby wstawiona była pod korzec albo pod łoże? izali nie dlatego, aby ją na świecznik wstawiono?

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Ponadto mówił im: Czy przynosi się świecę, aby wstawić ją pod naczynie albo pod łóżko? Czy nie po to, aby ją postawić na świeczniku?

Biblia Warszawska
I mówił im: Czyż przynoszą światło po to, aby je postawić pod korcem albo pod łóżkiem? Czyż nie po to, aby je postawić na świeczniku?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Is a: Isaiah 60:1-3, Matthew 5:15, Luke 8:16, Luke 11:33, 1 Corinthians 12:7, Ephesians 5:3-15, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16

bushel: "The word in the original signifieth a less measure, as Matthew 5:15, marg.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... At the same time, after he had explained the parable of the sower; for though the following parabolical and proverbial expressions were delivered by Christ at other, and different times, and some of them twice, as related by other evangelists; yet they might be all of them expressed or repeated at this time, by our Lord, showing why he explained the above parable to his disciples; and that though he delivered the mysteries of the Gospel in parables to them that were without, yet it was not his design that these things should be always kept a secret, and that from all men: for as the Gospel might be compared to seed, so likewise to a candle, the design and use of which is to give light to men: wherefore he asks,

is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? when a candle is brought into a room, in the night, where company are together, to converse, or read, or work; is it proper that it should be covered with a bushel, or any other hollow vessel? or when brought into a bedchamber, is it right to put it under the bed? is it not most fitting and convenient, that it should be set in a candlestick, and then it will be of use to all in the room? so the Gospel, which is the candle of the Lord, he had lighted up in the evening of the Jewish world, in the land of Judea; it was not his will that it should be always, and altogether, and from all men, covered with parables, and dark sayings, without any explanation of them; but that the light of it should be communicated, especially to them his; disciples, who were to be the lights of the world, and which were to shine openly before men, for their good, and the glory of his heavenly Father; see Matthew 5:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is a candle brought ... - A candle is not lit up to be put immediately under a measure or a bed, where it can give no light. Its design is to give light. So my preaching by parables is not designed to obscure the truth, but to throw light on it. You should understand those parables, and, understanding them, should impart the truth to others also, as a candle throws its beams upon a dark world.

Bushel - The word here used in the original means a measure for grain containing about 12 quarts.

Bed - A couch, either to sleep on at night or to recline on at their meals. Probably the latter is here meant, and is equivalent to our saying a candle is not brought to be put “under” the table, but “on” it. See the notes at Matthew 23:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Is a candle - put under a bushel! — The design of my preaching is to enlighten men; my parables not being designed to hide the truth, but to make it more manifest.