Luke - 8:17



17 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 8:17.

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For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything'secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
For there is not any thing secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.
For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.
For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.
There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.
For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.
For there is nothing secret, which will not be made clear, nor is there anything hidden, which will not be known and be brought into plain sight.
Nothing is hidden which will not be brought into the light of day, not ever kept hidden which will not some day become known and come into the light of day.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

For nothing is secret, etc. - Whatever I teach you in private, ye shall teach publicly; and ye shall illustrate and explain every parable now delivered to the people.

For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest,.... Meaning, whatever was then wrapped up in parables and dark sayings, or was secretly, and in a private manner, committed to them, should be made manifest by them to others hereafter:
neither any thing hid, that shall not be made known, and come abroad; for what had been whispered to them, in the most secret and silent manner, was to come abroad not only in Judea, but in all the world, and to be published upon the house tops; See Gill on Matthew 10:26, Matthew 10:27

For nothing is hid - Strive not to conceal it at all; for you can conceal nothing long. Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 12:2.

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