Mark 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto them,Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel,c or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? ”

Mark 4:21 - Albert 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 design...
Mark 4:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? (2) Although the light of the gospel is rejected by the world, yet it oug...
Mark 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:21-25 seems still to be addressed to the disciples. Mk. has collected some isolated sayings, and inserted them here, for the purpose of denying that the Christian mystery mentioned in Mar...
Mark 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Is... brought = Doth.. come. Figure of speech l'rosopopoeia App-6. candle . the lamp. Greek. luchnos . App-130. to be put = in order to be placed. under. Greek. hupo. App-104. bushel...
Mark 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? Is a candle - put under a bushel! - The design of my preaching is to enlighten...
Mark 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is a candle brought, &c. candlestick? — Is a lamp, &c.— stand. Campbell. When Jesus had ended his interpretation of the parable of the sower, he did not direct his discourse to the peop...
Mark 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? And he said unto them, Is a candle [or 'lamp,' ho ( G3588 ) lu...
Mark 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Sower. Stilling the Tempest 1-9. Parable of the Sower ( Matthew 13:1 ; Luke 8:4 ). See on Mt.
Mark 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel ? — See Note on Matthew 5:15 . St. Mark, it will be noted, omits all the other parables that follow in St. Matthew, and connects with that of the Sower...
Mark 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER: 4:21-25 ( Mark 4:21 ) LAMP AND STAND "And He said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed? and not to be put on the stand? For there is nothing hid, s...
Mark 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Growth in God's Kingdom Mark 4:10-41 How quick the Master was to observe the meaning of natural symbols! To Him all things were unfoldings of eternal mystery, and the ways of men unconsciously...
Mark 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In verses Mark 4:1-2 ; Mark 4:10-12 , we have the explanation of the reason of the parabolic teaching of Jesus. He clothed divine truth in picture forms that men might more easily look upon it and...
Mark 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) And he said unto them, is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? (22) For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was...
Mark 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Mark 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, an...
Mark 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he said, Is a candle , &c. As if he had said, I explain these things to you, I give you this light, not to conceal, but to impart it to others. And if I conceal any thing from you now, it is...
Mark 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1-58 , but only two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew gives a full dispensational picture, while Mark dwells...
Mark 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not...
Mark 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The import of this verse may be learned from Matthew 5:15,16 , where the words are, and applied by an exhortation to holiness, being an argument drawn from the end for which men receive gifts and...
Mark 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Message of the Kingly Rule of God Will Now Be Spread Widely and Will Produce Abundant Fruit (4:1-34). As we have already seen the Gospel began with Jesus Christ as God's beloved Son and has gr...
Mark 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 4:21 . “We lose much of the significance, if we think of the modern candle and candlestick carried about in the hand. On the contrary, it is the lamp of the h...
Mark 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 4:1 . And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea...
Mark 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:12 . That seeing they may see, and not perceive. St. Luke gives the true sense of these words, which often occur. Acts 28:26-27 . They mark, according to Dr. Lightfoot, the obduracy which...
Mark 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? The extension of the kingdom The kingdom, as it appeared in its beginning, is like the little grains of wheat cast into the damp so...
Mark 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Mark 4:1 And again he began to teach by the seaside. This return to the seaside is mentioned by St. Mark only. From this time our Lord's teaching began to be more public. Th...
Mark 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And He said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?
Mark 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:7 ; Ephesians 5:3-15 ; Isaiah 60:1-3 ; Luke 11:33 ; Luke 8:16 ; Matthew 5:15 ; Philippians 2:15 ; Philippians 2:16
Mark 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he said, Is a candle — As if he had said, I explain these things to you, I give you this light, not to conceal, but to impart it to others. And if I conceal any thing from you now, it is only t...

Mark 4:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Mark 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Mark 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mark 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Mark 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mark 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Mark 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mark 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mark 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mark 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Mark 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Mark 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mark 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Mark 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Mark 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mark 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes