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Matthew 5:15

Context
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

Context
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!”

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.”



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