Luke 12:3
ContextNETBible | So then 1 whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered 2 in private rooms 3 will be proclaimed from the housetops. 4 |
XREF | Job 24:14,15; Ec 10:12,13,20; Mt 10:27; Mt 12:36; Jude 1:14,15 |
NET © Notes |
1 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. 2 tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.” 3 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). 4 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. |