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Matthew 10:27

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10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, 1  proclaim from the housetops. 2 

1 tn Grk “what you hear in the ear,” an idiom.

2 tn 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.



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