Luke 12:3

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Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

Comprehending this, as He who taught wished, and receiving it in its grand sense, he teaches worthily "on the housetops"

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

House-tops. Our divine Saviour speaks here according to the custom of his own nation, where it was not uncommon for men to preach from the house-top, when they wished to deliver any thing to the public; for their houses had flat roofs. (Ven. Bede)

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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20