Mark - 4:22



22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 4:22.

Differing Translations

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For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest: neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad.
For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; nor does any secret thing take place, but that it should come to light.
for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.
Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.
There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Neither was anything done in secret, except that it may be made public.
There is nothing hidden that will not come to light and nothing is concealed that will not be brought into the open.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

There is nothing hid - See the notes at Matthew 10:26.

For there is nothing hid, etc. - Probably our Lord means, that all that had hitherto been secret, relative to the salvation of a lost world, or only obscurely pointed out by types and sacrifices, shall now be uncovered and made plain by the everlasting Gospel. See on Matthew 5:15 (note); Matthew 10:26 (note).

For there is nothing hid,.... In these parables, and figurative expressions used by Christ,
which shall not be manifested, sooner or later, to his disciples:
neither was any thing kept secret; any doctrine of the Gospel, or mystery of the kingdom:
but that it should come abroad; it was designed to be published in all Judea, and afterwards, throughout the whole world, for the benefit of God's chosen ones, to their conversion, comfort, and edification: wherefore it becomes the ministers of the Gospel to keep back nothing that may be profitable to the churches, nor shun to declare the whole counsel of God; but faithfully dispense the mysteries of grace, and commend the truth to every man's conscience, without any fear of men, or dreading the effects and consequences of things: since nothing is declared in the word, or made known, but with a design to be published to others, to answer some divine end and purpose; See Gill on Matthew 10:26.

For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested, &c.--See on Matthew 10:26-27; but the connection there and here is slightly different. Here the idea seems to be this--"I have privately expounded to you these great truths, but only that ye may proclaim them publicly; and if ye will not, others will. For these are not designed for secrecy. They are imparted to be diffused abroad, and they shall be so; yea, a time is coming when the most hidden things shall be brought to light."

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