ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς�. Lightfoot (Hor. Heb.) refers this to a custom in the ‘Divinity School’ of the synagogue (see ch. Matthew 4:23), where the master whispered into the ear of the interpreter, who repeated in a loud voice what he had heard.

ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων. Travellers relate that in the village districts of Syria proclamations are frequently made from the housetops at the present day. The announcement of the approaching Sabbath was made by the minister of the Synagogue from the roof of an exceeding high house (Lightfoot, Hor. Heb.) just as the Turkish ‘Muezzin’ proclaims the hour of prayer from the top of the mosque.

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