Matthew 10:27

And fear not them which kill the body,.... This is a "periphrasis" of bloody persecutors, who, not content to revile, scourge, and imprison, put the faithful ministers of Christ to death, in the most…

What I say to you in darkness ... - That is, in “secret,” in “private,” in “confidence. The private instructions which I give you while with me do you proclaim publicly, on the “house-top.” The…

All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ's ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are directed also how to bear them, and how to go on with…

what ye hear in the ear Lightfoot (Hor. Heb.) refers this to a custom in the "Divinity School" of the synagogue (see ch. Mat 4:23), where the master whispered into the ear of the interpreter, who…