Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
KJV
ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί· καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.
Greek NT
Quod dico vobis in tenebris, dicite in lumine : et quod in aure auditis, prædicate super tecta.
Vulgate
What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
ASV
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δῶμα
doma
noun · 7×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κηρύσσω
kerusso
verb · 61×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖς
ous
noun · 36×
σκοτία
skotia
noun · 16×
φῶς
phos
noun · 72×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. For with what judgment ye judge, says He, you shall be judged. Matthew 7:2 That is, it is not the other, says Christ, that you condemn, but yourself, and you are making the judgment-seat dreadful to yourself, and the account strict. As then in the forgiveness of our sins the beginnings are from us, so also in this judgment, it is by ourselves that the measures of our condemn…
2. Then, having rid them of all distress, and fears, and anxiety, and set them above men's reproaches, then, and not till then, He seasonably discourses to them also of boldness in their preaching. For, What I tell you, says He, in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what you have heard in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:27 Yet it was not at all darknes…
1. God will not have us listen to the words and sentences contained in the Scriptures carelessly, but with much attention. This is why the blessed David has prefixed in many places to his Psalms the title for understanding, and has said, Open Thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your Law. Psalm 32:42, etc.; Psalm 119:18 And after him his son again shows that w…
2. But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery. What mystery? For surely Christ says, Matthew 10:27. ηκούσατε rec. text ἀκούετε What you have heard in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. How then does he call it a mystery? Because that neither angel nor archangel, nor any other…
Chapter 32.—Of the Prophecy that is Contained in the Prayer and Song of Habakkuk. In his prayer, with a song, to whom but the Lord Christ does he say, “O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing, and was afraid: O Lord, I have considered Thy works, and was greatly afraid?”11731173 Hab. iii. 2. What is this but the inexpressible admiration of the foreknown, new, and sudden salvation of me…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:12 — Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
- Acts 5:20 — Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
- Acts 5:28 — Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
- Acts 17:17 — Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
- Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Ezek 40:4 — And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou
- Isa 48:6 — Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
- John 16:1 — These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
- John 16:13 — Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to co
- John 16:25 — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
- John 16:29 — His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
- Luke 8:10 — And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
- Luke 12:3 — Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- Matt 13:1 — The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
- Matt 13:34 — All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matt 24:17 — Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
- Prov 1:20 — Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
- Prov 1:21 — She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
- Prov 8:1 — Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
- Ps 119:13 — With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
- Rev 14:6 — And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
- Rev 22:10 — And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.