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Candlestick
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
or CANDLESTICK.—In Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 of the Gospels this word is without exception correctly changed into ‘stand,’ ΛΥχΝίΑ being the stand which held the little oil-fed lamp. It might mean anything from a luxurious candelabrum, generally of wood covered with metal, to a bit of stonework projecting from a cottage wall. It was to the lampstand in lowly domestic use (cf. 2 Kings 4:10) that Christ referred in Mark 4:21 as being necessary to complete the value of the lamp for those in the house (Matthew 5:16) and those who enter it (Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33). And the lesson is that if we have received a truth or a joy through Christ, who is the Light of the World, it is common sense and common justice not to hide it in fear or selfishness, but to use it as a means of illustrating our Father God and illumining those around us (Matthew 5:16). Practical illustrations of this parable are found in Mark 5:19-20, Matthew 10:27; Matthew 10:32, Luke 10:21; Luke 17:18 (cf. Luke 15:6; Luke 15:9; Luke 15:32).
Literature.—Maclaren, God of the Amen, p. 292; Expositor, 2nd ser. i. [1881] pp. 180 ff., 252 ff., 372 ff., 6th ser. 271 ff.
A. Norman Rowland.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Candlestick'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/c/candlestick.html. 1906-1918.
