Matthew 10:27

σκοτίᾳ, the darkness of the initial stage; the beginnings of great epoch-making movements always obscure. φωτί, the light of publicity, when causes begin to make a noise in the wide world. εἰς τὸ οὖς : a phrase current among Greeks for confidential communications. For such communications to disciples the Rabbis used the term לָחַשׁ, to whisper. λαληθέν may be understood = what ye hear spoken into the ear. δωμάτων, on the roofs; not a likely platform from our western point of view, but the flat -roofed houses of the East are in view. δῶμα in classics means house; in Sept [67] and N. T., the flat roof of a house; in modern Greek, terrace. Vide Kennedy, Sources of N. T. Greek, p. 121. κηρύξατε, proclaim with loud voice, suitable to your commanding position, wide audience, and great theme.

[67] Septuagint.