Under the bushel (υπο τον μοδιον). Not a bushel. "The figure is taken from lowly cottage life. There was a projecting stone in the…

Neither do men light a candle, etc. Jesus proceeded here to show them that the very reason why they were enlightened was that others might…

Light a candle—The word translated as "candle" was likely a portable lamp rather than a candle in the common sense of the word. Th…

We are to remove the darkness of ignorance, sin, and sorrow. Christ has lit us so that we may enlighten the world. It is not for us to conceal our …

Though the Jews saw themselves as the light of the world (Romans 2:19), the true light is the Suffering Servant ([Reference Isaiah 42:6…

Which may be read impersonally, "a candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gif…

You are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and wickedness, was like a vast heap, ready to putrefy; but Christ sent forth h…

A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. The city is the congregation of the faithful, namely…