Matthew 5:15

5:15 People ¹  do not light a lamp and put it under a basket ²  but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Matthew 26:73

26:73 After ³  a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent ⁴  gives you away!”

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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).

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ tn Grk “your speech.”