Matthew 10:27 Meaning and Explanation
“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”
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Read Full Chapter →What Jesus tells them privately, the disciples are to proclaim openly and from the housetops.
What Does Matthew 10:27 Mean?
Freed from fear, the disciples are now charged to be bold. What Jesus has taught them in private, in the quiet of close instruction, they are to declare in the open light of day, and what they have heard whispered they are to preach from the housetops for all to hear.
The gospel is not a secret to be guarded but a message to be heralded. What the disciples receive in intimacy with Christ is given so that it may be spread abroad. The flat rooftops of that world were the natural place to make a public announcement, and so the believer is called to take the truth learned in nearness to the Lord and proclaim it without concealment.
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What does Matthew 10:27 mean?
What Jesus tells them privately, the disciples are to proclaim openly and from the housetops.