Proclamations from Housetops
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on the housetops.


On the occurrence of a death in the dwelling, mourners, especially priests, are stationed upon the housetops, and attract public attention by their lamentations. And a proclamation is often made, as well as an address to the people, from the flat roof of a government-house which looks down upon the median, or public square. Even the call to prayer is proclaimed from the housetop, where there is no minaret or church-bell.

(Van Lennep.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

WEB: What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.




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