“Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.”
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more — the address my friends is one of only two times Jesus uses this address in Luke (the other is 15:9's context), marking intimacy in the midst of danger. The Pharisees' power ends at physical death; the disciples must orient their fear toward the one whose authority encompasses both body and soul.
Church Fathers on Luke 12:3
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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