Luke 11:33

λύχνον. A lamp.

εἰς κρυπτήν. Into ‘a crypt’ or ‘cellar.’ If the κρύπτη be thus regarded as a subst. (the Latin crypta) it should be paroxytone. Euthymius defines it to be τὴν�. Some have here most needlessly supposed it to be used by a Hebrew idiom for the neuter. See Winer, p. 298.

ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον. ‘Under the bushel’; i.e. the one in use in the house; and similarly ‘the candlestick,’ or rather, ‘lamp-stand.’

ἵνα οἱ εἰσπορενόμενοι τὸ φέγγος βλέπωσιν. The comparison is the same as in Matthew 5:14; Mark 4:21; but the application in the next verse is different. The light is here used for inward enlightenment, not to be seen afar.