Matthew 5:15

τὸν μόδιον. ‘The bushel,’ i.e. the common measure found in every Jewish house. The article generalises. Strictly speaking, the modius denoted a smaller measure equal to about two gallons.

λύχνος … λυχνία. ‘Lamp,’ ‘lampstand.’ The lamp in a Jewish house was not set on a table, but on a tall pedestal or stand, sometimes made with a sliding shaft.

πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, i.e. the Jews. St Luke, true to the character of his gospel, says ‘that they which enter in’, i.e. the Gentiles, ‘may see the light’.