Markus 4:21

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu Yesus berkata kepada mereka: "Orang membawa pelita bukan supaya ditempatkan di bawah gantang atau di bawah tempat tidur, melainkan supaya ditaruh di atas kaki dian.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu Yesus berkata kepada mereka: "Orang membawa pelita bukan supaya ditempatkan di bawah gantang atau di bawah tempat tidur, melainkan supaya ditaruh di atas kaki dian.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka berkatalah Yesus kepada mereka itu, "Biasakah orang memasang pelita, supaya ditaruhnya di bawah gantang, atau di bawah katil? Bukankah supaya ditaruhnya di atas kaki pelita?

Contextual Overview

²¹ And he saide vnto them: Is the candle lyghted to be put vnder a busshell, or vnder the table? And not to be put on a candelsticke? ²² For there is nothing so priuie that shal not be opened: neither hath it ben so secrete, but that it shall come abrode. ²³ If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare. ²⁴ And he sayde vnto them, take heede what ye heare: With what measure ye meate, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne. And vnto you that heare, shall more be geuen. ²⁵ For vnto hym that hath, shall it be geuen: and from hym that hath not, shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath. ²⁶ And he sayde, so is the kyngdome of God: euen as yf a man shoulde sowe seede in the grounde, ²⁷ And shoulde slepe, and ryse vp nyght and day, and the seede shoulde spryng & growe vp, he knoweth not howe. ²⁸ For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of her selfe, first the blade, then the eare, after that, the full corne in the eare. ²⁹ But when the fruite is brought foorth, anone he thrusteth in the sickle, because the haruest is come. ³⁰ And he sayde: Wherevnto shall we lyken the kyngdome of God? Or with what comparyson shall we compare it?

Bible Verse Review
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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.

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.

Genesis 4:12
If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 31:27
Wherfore wentest thou away secretly vnknowen to me, and dyddest not tell me, that I myght haue let thee go thy way with mirth and songues, with tymbrell and harpe?

Job 21:12
They beare with them tabrets and harpes, and reioyce in the sounde of the organs.

Isaiah 5:12
In their feastes are harpes and lutes, tabrettes and pipes, and wine: but they regarde not the worke of the Lord, and consider not the operatio of his handes.

Amos 6:5
They sing to the sounde of the viole, they inuent to them selues instrumentes of musicke, like Dauid.

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.