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MARK 4:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Mark 4:21Mark 4:23
“For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.”
For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open — the principle is the governing logic of the Messianic Secret: the concealment is temporary and purposive, not permanent and terminal. Whatever is hidden will be disclosed — the resurrection will be the great disclosure. The word hidden (kryptos) and concealed (apokryphos) both suggest that the concealment is deliberate, not accidental. The purpose of the concealment is the eventual revelation — God hides things in order to reveal them at the right time, in the right way, through the right events. The cross and resurrection are the appointed disclosure moment.

Church Fathers on Mark 4:22

Or else the candle is the discourse concerning the three sorts of seed. The bushel or the bed is the hearing of the disobedient. The Apostles are the candlestick, whom the word of the Lord hath enlightened.

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century

Or else the Lord warns His disciples to be as light, in their life and conversation; as if He said, As a candle is put so as to give light, so all will look to your life. Therefore be diligent to lead a good life; sit not in corners, but be ye a candle. For a candle gives light, not when placed under a bed, but on a candlestick; this light indeed must be placed on a candlestick, that is, on the eminence of a godly life, that it may be able to give light to others. Not under a…

Theophylact · 11th century

Or, because the time of our life is contained under a certain measurement of Divine Providence, it is rightly compared to a bushel. But the bed of the soul is the body, in which it dwells and reposes for a time. He therefore who hides the word of God under the love of this transitory life, and of carnal allurements, covers his candle with a bushel or a bed.

Bede · 8th century · in Marc., 1, 20
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