Luke 12:3

Luke 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Context of Luke 12:3

1In the mean time, when there was gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trampled one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatever 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. 4And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

Luke 12:3 word by word

ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ὅσα ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ἀκουσθήσεται, καὶ ὃ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ἐλαλήσατε ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.¶Read the interlinear

• Thereforeἀντίanti · forG473
• Thereforeὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whateverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• spokenεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• darknessσκοτίαskotia · darknessG4653
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• inπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• earοὖςous · earG3775
• closetsταμεῖονtameion · inner roomG5009
• proclaimedκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• housetopsδῶμαdōma · housetopG1430

Cross-references for Luke 12:3

• Job 24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
• Matthew 12:36But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for it in the day of judgment.
• Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that proclaim upon the housetops.

Commentaries on Luke 12:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-9Verses 2-9 Nothing covered - See the notes at Matthew 10:26-32. Luke 12:3 Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still prevails in the East. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 51,52) says: “At the present day, local governors in country districts cause their commands thus to be published. Their proclamations are generally made in the evening…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3These verses warn against hypocrisy (pretending to be good or righteous). All thoughts will be revealed by God, who knows all things and will judge every human being (Job 10:4–7; 11:11; Psalms 11:4; 33:15; 139:12; Proverbs 15:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. meantime--in close connection, probably, with the foregoing scene. Our Lord had been speaking out more plainly than ever before, as matters were coming to a head between Him and His enemies, and this seems to have suggested to His own mind the warning here. He had just Himself illustriously exemplified His own precepts. his disciples first of all--afterwards to "the multitudes" (Lu 12:54). covered--from the view.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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• Divider
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• Hell
• Hypocrisy
• Judgment, The final
• Teach

Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings