Matthew 10:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹What I tell you in darkness,› [that] ‹speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear,› [that] ‹preach ye upon the housetops.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, εἴπατε ἐν τῷ φωτί: καὶ ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων.

Transliteration

What legō to-you in the skotia, eipate in the phōti: and what into the ous akouete, kēryxate upon the dōmatōn.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *skotia*: dative feminine singular - darkness
• *eipate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - speak/say
• *phōti*: dative neuter singular - light
• *ous*: accusative neuter singular - ear
• *akouete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - you hear
• *kēryxate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - proclaim/preach
• *dōmatōn*: genitive neuter plural - of housetops/roofs

Word Meanings

• *legō*: I say/tell/speak
• *skotia*: darkness/secrecy/obscurity
• *eipate*: speak/say/tell
• *phōti*: light/daylight/illumination
• *ous*: ear/hearing
• *akouete*: you hear/listen to
• *kēryxate*: proclaim/preach/announce
• *dōmatōn*: housetops/roofs/terraces

Referenced Verses

• Acts 5:20 : 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
• Acts 5:28 : 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
• John 16:1 : 1 ¶ ‹These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.›
• John 16:13 : 13 ‹Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,› [that] ‹shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.›
• John 16:29 : 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
• John 16:25 : 25 ‹These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.›
• Acts 17:17 : 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
• 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 ¶ Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
• Prov 1:20-23 : 20 ¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying], 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
• Prov 8:1-5 : 1 ¶ Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
• Matt 13:1-9 : 1 ¶ The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;› 4 ‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:› 5 ‹Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:› 6 ‹And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.› 7 ‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:› 8 ‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.› 9 ‹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.› 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.› 12 ‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.› 13 ‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.› 14 ‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:› 15 ‹For this people's heart is waxed gross, and› [their] ‹ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with› [their] ‹eyes, and hear with› [their] ‹ears, and should understand with› [their] ‹heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.› 16 ‹But blessed› [are] ‹your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.› 17 ‹For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous› [men] ‹have desired to see› [those things] ‹which ye see, and have not seen› [them]; ‹and to hear› [those things] ‹which ye hear, and have not heard› [them].
• Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.›