Discovery BoxMatthew 10:27-28 
Context10:27 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 10:28 Do 3 not be afraid of those who kill the body 4 but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 5
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.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
4 sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.
