Mat 10:27 | NETfull | STEP | What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

Matthew 10:27

27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, ^{▼▼ Grk “what you hear in the ear,” an idiom.} proclaim from the housetops. ^{▼▼ The expression “proclaim 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.}