The Explanation of The Gospel According to St. Mark:
St. Mark Chapter Four, Ver. 21- 23:
And he said unto them, Is a lamp brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a lamp stand? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come into open. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Here He exhorts the apostles to be shining examples in life and in conduct. For just as a lamp is set out where its brightness may be seen, so will your life be conspicious to all, and all will look upon it. So you must strive to lead a good life; or you will not sit in a corner, but you will be a lamp. The lamp is not hidden under a bed, but it is placed on a lamp stand and sheds light on all. Each one of you is a lamp which ought to be placed on a lamp stand, which is the high place belonging to God-pleasing life, so that you might shine on others as well. Your lamp should not be placed under a bushel, which signifies gluttony and making much ado about food; nor should it be placed under a bed, which signifies ease and relaxation. For no one who makes much ado about food and desires to take his ease can, by his own life, be a lamp that shines upon all. "For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested." Whatever one does in secret, whether good or evil, will be revealed, both now, and how much more so in the age to come. Is there anything more hidden that God? Yet God Himself was revealed in the flesh.
Blessed Theophylact, The The Explanation of The Gospel According to St. Mark
And he said unto them, Is a lamp brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a lamp stand? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come into open. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Here He exhorts the apostles to be shining examples in life and in conduct. For just as a lamp is set out where its brightness may be seen, so will your life be conspicious to all, and all will look upon it. So you must strive to lead a good life; or you will not sit in a corner, but you will be a lamp. The lamp is not hidden under a bed, but it is placed on a lamp stand and sheds light on all. Each one of you is a lamp which ought to be placed on a lamp stand, which is the high place belonging to God-pleasing life, so that you might shine on others as well. Your lamp should not be placed under a bushel, which signifies gluttony and making much ado about food; nor should it be placed under a bed, which signifies ease and relaxation. For no one who makes much ado about food and desires to take his ease can, by his own life, be a lamp that shines upon all. "For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested." Whatever one does in secret, whether good or evil, will be revealed, both now, and how much more so in the age to come. Is there anything more hidden that God? Yet God Himself was revealed in the flesh.
Blessed Theophylact, The The Explanation of The Gospel According to St. Mark
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