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Luke 8:16Luke.8.16

‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth› [it] ‹under a bed; but setteth› [it] ‹on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Personne, après avoir allumé une lampe, ne la couvre d'un vase, ou ne la met sous un lit; mais il la met sur un chandelier, afin que ceux qui entrent voient la lumière.

KJV

‹No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth› [it] ‹under a bed; but setteth› [it] ‹on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.›

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    status corporis nostri, ut in Evangelio: «Sed super candelabrum [Note: [Col. 0881] 32 Matth. V, 16; Luc. VIII, 16, et XI, 33.] ,» quod verbum Dei ipsi corpori nostro praeponere debemus. Per candelabrum [Col. 0882D] Ecclesiae, ut in Apocalypsi: «Septem candelabra septem Eccle…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 146 (Migne)

    io Casino [Note: [Col. 1063] Cassino 3.] , ubi lucerna Dei ardens et lucens sub lecto (Marc. IV, 21; Luc. VIII, 16) monasticae quietis delitescebat, super candelabrum extulerunt sedis apostolicae. Nec quisquam sane multis retro annis laetioribus suffragiis, majori omnium expectat…

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