Text -- Matthew 5:15 (NET)

5:15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 5:15

¹ tn Grk “Nor do they light.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

² tn Or “a bowl”; this refers to any container for dry material of about eight liters (two gallons) capacity. It could be translated “basket, box, bowl” (L&N 6.151).