Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 11:33

33 No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a ‖ bushel; but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

We met with this similitude, ch. 8.16. and Matth. 5.15. See the Notes on all those Texts. It was a kind of Proverbial Speech, and so applicable to divers Subjects. Some think that our Saviour bringeth in these Words, as a reason why he would shew the Pharisees no Sign, viz. because he knew it would do them no good, it had been like the lighting of a candle, and to put it under a Bushel, which no Man doth. Others think that by it he designs to give an account, why he v. 28. pronounced those Blessed, who heard the Word and did it, because practice, and giving light to others is the end of all hearing.