Luke 12:3 (KJV)
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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
Cross-references
whatsoever. Job 24:14 Job 24:15 Ec 10:12 Ec 10:13 Ec 10:20 Mt 12:36 Jude 1:14 Jude 1:15
housetops. Mt 10:27
proclaimed.The houses in Judea being flat-roofed, with a balustrade round about, were used for the purpose of taking the air, sleeping, and prayer, and, it seems, for announcing things in the most public manner. So among the Turks, a crier announces the hours of public worship from the minaret or tower of the mosque.
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