“For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.”
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known — the revelation principle cuts both ways: the Pharisees' hidden corruption will be exposed, but so will the disciples' hidden faithfulness. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops.
Church Fathers on Luke 12:2
The Pharisees sought indeed to catch Jesus in His talk, that they might lead away the people from Him. But this design of theirs is reversed. For the people came all the more to Him gathered together by thousands, and so desirous to attach themselves to Christ, that they pressed one upon another. So mighty a thing is truth, so feeble every where deceit. Whence it is said, And when there were gathered together a great multitude, insomuch that they bode upon one another, he…
For they were false accusers; therefore Christ warned His disciples against them.
When leaven is praised it is as composing the bread of life, but when blamed it signifies a lasting and bitter maliciousness.
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