Bushel

A bushel was a household measuring vessel, and Jesus makes it part of one of his plainest sayings. “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.” Mark and Luke record the same picture. Nobody lights a lamp so that it can be hidden, he says, and the lamp is set up where those who come in can see. Matthew places the saying in the Sermon on the Mount, so Matthew 5:15 is the natural place to start.

3 verses

Matthew

Matthew 5:15

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Mark

Mark 4:21

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

Luke

Luke 11:33

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

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