Luk 12:2-3 | NET2full | STEP | Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed , and nothing is secret that will not be made known .

‏ Luke 12:2-3

2 Nothing is hidden ^{▼▼tn Or “concealed.”} that will not be revealed, ^{▼▼sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.} and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 3 So then ^{▼▼tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.} whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ^{▼▼tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”} in private rooms ^{▼▼sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).} will be proclaimed from the housetops. ^{▼▼tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.}