Matthew 5:15
Context5:15 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
Context26:73 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!”
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.”