Mat 10:27, Luk 14:26 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 27. What I tell you in darkness , etc. That is, in secret , in private , in confidence . The private instructions which I give you while with me, do you proclaim publicly, on the house top . The house top, the flat roof, was a public conspicuous place. See . .

Matthew 10:27

Verse 27. What I tell you in darkness, etc. That is, in secret, in private, in confidence. The private instructions which I give you while with me, do you proclaim publicly, on the house top. The house top, the flat roof, was a public conspicuous place. See 2Sam 16:22. Mt 9:2.

Luke 14:26

Verses 25-27. Mt 10:37; Mt 10:38.

Verse 26. And hate not. The word hate, here, means simply to love less. See the meaning of the verse in Mt 10:37. It may be thus expressed:

"He that comes after me, and does not love his

father less than he loves me, &c., cannot be

my disciple."

We are not at liberty literally to hate our parents. This would be expressly contrary to the fifth commandment. See also Eph 6:1-3; Co 3:20. But we are to love them less than we love Christ; we are to obey Christ rather than them; we are to be willing to forsake them if he calls us to go and preach his gospel; and we are to submit, without a murmur, to him when he takes them away from us. This is not an uncommon meaning of the word hate in the Scriptures. Comp. Mal 1:2,3; Gen 29:30,31; De 21:15-17.

(v) "and hate not his father" De 33:9, Mt 10:37 (w) "his own life" Acts 20:24, Rev 12:11