Lamp On A Stand Parable
It is found in luke 8 16 18 and also in mark 4 21 25 with a slightly different wording.
Lamp on a stand parable. The parable of the lamp on a stand mark 4. The parable of the lamp under a bushel also known as the lamp under a bowl is one of the parables of jesus. Facebook tweet email print. 23 anyone with ears to hear should listen.
Jesus was teaching in parables so the people listening would not understand what he was teaching unless god the father revealed it to them. The lampstand was to give forth light day and night exodus 27 20 21. It appears in matthew 5 14 15 mark 4 21 25 and luke 8 16 18. A lamp on a stand.
Of the lamp on the stand to encourage his followers to stand out to be an example and not to hide away. 21 23 jesus tells the parable. This audio sermon and transcript is entitled the parable of the lamp and its stand and is from the ministry of david legge a christian preacher and bible teacher from belfast northern ireland. 8 16 no one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed.
In matthew the parable is a continuation of the discourse on salt and light. Parable of the lamp under a basket. The parable of the lamp on a stand. As we continue to look at the profound life transforming concepts jesus shared through parables today we ll focus on the parable of the lamp on a stand.
22 for everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open and every secret will be brought to light. Mark 4 21 25 new living translation nlt parable of the lamp. May what might ve once been a concept that caused many of us to feel pressure now bring forth. 21 then jesus asked them would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed.
Instead he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. This is part 23 of a verse by verse bible study series in the gospel of mark. The lampstand s being the only source of light points directly to christ as being the light of the world john 8 12.
On the contrary those who light a lamp set it on a table to fill the whole room with light. The parable of the lamp on a stand luke 8 16 17 niv no one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Jesus is the true light that gives light to everyone john 1 9 and the only way anyone can come to the father john 14 6. The parable of the lamp and the measure luke 8 16 18 yves i bing cheng m d m a.
T he parable of the sower is immediately followed both in mark and luke by another parable a parable concerning a lamp and a measure.