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

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 -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 4:21-25

Mark 4:21-25. 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 only that it may be more effectually manifested hereafter. Take heed what ye hear That is, attend to what you hear, that it may have its due influence upon you. With what measure ye mete That is, according to the improvement you make of what you have heard, still further... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 4:1-29

PARABLES54. The sower (Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-29; Luke 8:1-18)To visit all the towns of Galilee was a huge task. Jesus and his disciples were helped in this work by a group of women who went with them to look after their daily needs (Luke 8:1-3). Crowds of people came to see Jesus wherever he went, and were often a hindrance to the progress of the gospel. It seems that one reason Jesus began to teach extensively in parables was to separate those who were genuinely interested from those who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 4:21

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 = the measure. bed. Greek kline. Not the same word as in Mark 2:4 . and not to be = [Is it] not [brought] in order that it may be. candlestick = the lampstand. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 4:21

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?This verse and through Mark 4:25 make up a paragraph of disconnected sayings of Christ, brought together here in a remarkable application in a new context, indicating that the sacred Scriptures have a vitality and meaning of their own, even out of context. Jesus did here exactly what Paul did in Romans 10:8, where he quoted Deuteronomy 30:11-14 with an application not found in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 4:21-22

Mark 4:21-22. 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 people, but continued speaking to the apostles, shewing them, by the similitude of a lighted lamp, the use that they were to make of this, and ofall the instructions which he should give them. As lamps are kindled to give light unto those who are in a house; so the understandings of the apostles... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

21. And he said unto them, Is a candle—or "lamp" brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?—"that they which enter in may see the light" ( :-). See on :-, of which this is nearly a repetition. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:1-34

2. Jesus’ teaching in parables 4:1-34This is the first of three extended teaching sessions that Mark recorded (cf. Mark 7:1-23; Mark 13:3-37). Jesus’ three parables in this section describe the character of the messianic kingdom.Parables are illustrations that teach truth by comparisons (Gr. parabole, lit. "something thrown alongside," similitudes). Some are long stories, but others are short similes, metaphors, analogies, or proverbial sayings (cf. Mark 2:19-22; Mark 3:24-25; Mark 3:27). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:10-29

Jesus’ explanations to His disciples 4:10-29This section of Mark’s account records Jesus’ words to His disciples that the multitudes did not hear. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:20-34

B. The increasing rejection of Jesus and its result 3:20-4:34As Jesus’ ministry expanded, so did rejection of Him as God’s anointed servant. Mark documented the increasing rejection that Jesus experienced (Mark 3:20-35) and then explained that Jesus taught the multitudes in parables as a result (Mark 4:1-34). read more

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 4:21-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 4:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 4:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 4:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 4:21-22

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:1-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:10-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 4:20-34

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