what ye hear in the ear 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.

upon the housetops Travellers relate that in the village districts of Syria proclamations are frequently made from the housetops at the present day.

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