Lukas 12:3

12:3 So then ¹  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ²  in private rooms ³  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ⁴ 

Lukas 9:36

9:36 After ⁵  the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So ⁶  they kept silent and told no one ⁷  at that time ⁸  anything of what they had seen.

[12:3]  ¹ tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.

[12:3]  ² tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”

[12:3]  ³ sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[12:3]  ⁴ tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.

[9:36]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:36]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding summary of the account.

[9:36]  ⁷ sn Although the disciples told no one at the time, later they did recount this. The commentary on this scene is 2 Pet 1:17-18.

[9:36]  ⁸ tn Grk “in those days.”