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A Call to Integrity
Commentators see this verse as a powerful call to personal integrity. Jesus teaches that all secret words and actions will eventually be brought into the light. This serves as a practical check on our behavior: if you would be ashamed for an action to be made public, be ashamed to do it. We are encouraged to live as if our hearts were open for all to see, realizing that one day they will be.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 12:3
18th Century
Theologian
Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. See Barnes on Matthew 20:27.
The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of ho…
AT Robertson
On Luke 12:3
In the inner chambers (εν τοις ταμειοις). Old form ταμιειον, a store chamber (Luke 12:24), secret room ([Reference Mat…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 12:3
19th Century
Bishop
Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness.—See Note on Matthew 10:27. There is, it will be noted, a difference of th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 12:3
19th Century
Preacher
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 procl…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 12:3
Again Luke notes the crowds, emphasizing the extremely large size of this one. Jesus addresses the disciples “first”; the crowds received his words…
John Gill
On Luke 12:3
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness
In the most private manner, to one another:
shal…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 12:1–12
17th Century
Minister
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…