Covered up (συγκεκαλυμμενον εστιν). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of συγκαλυπτω, an old verb, but here only in the N.T.,…

For there is nothing covered.—More accurately, but there is nothing . . . The Greek conjunction cannot possibly have the …

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to …

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Pharisees indeed sought to trap Jesus in His words, so that they might lead the people away from …

Again Luke notes the crowds, emphasizing the extremely large size of this one. Jesus addresses the disciples “first”; the crowds received his words…

For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed ,
&c.] No sin, be it ever so secret or privately done, as no…

A firm belief in the doctrine of God's universal providence, and its extent, would satisfy us when we are in peril and encourage us to trust God in…