Luke 8:17

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

World English Bible
Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

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

BSB

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

KJV

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

ASV

For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor [anything] secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

BBE

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.

Original Greek

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

οὐ ou Nothing G3756 γάρ gar for G1063 ἐστιν estin is G1510 κρυπτὸν krupton hidden G2927 ὃ ho which G3739 οὐ ou not G3756 φανερὸν phaneron manifest G5318 γενήσεται genēsetai will become G1096 οὐδὲ oude nor [is] G3761 ἀπόκρυφον apokruphon secret G614 ὃ ho which G3739 οὐ ou certainly G3756 μὴ mē not G3361 γνωσθῇ gnōsthēa may be known G1097 καὶ kai and G2532 εἰς eis to G1519 φανερὸν phaneron light G5318 ἔλθῃ.¶ elthē come G2064

The early church

Hence he adds, For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest, neither any thing hid that shall not be known, and come abroad. As if He said, Though many things are spoken in parables, that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand, because of their unbelief, yet the whole matter shall be revealed.
Eusebius of Caesarea · d. 339Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Hom. 15. in Matt.) By these words he leads them to diligence of life, teaching them to be strong as exposed to the view of all men, and fighting in the world as on a stage. As if he said, Think not that we dwell in a small part of the world, for ye will be known of all men, since it cannot be that so great virtue should lie hid.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–21

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

Read Matthew Henry on Luke 8 →

Parallel passages

3

The same words or events elsewhere.

Matthew 10:26Mark 4:22Luke 12:2

Cross-references

5

Topics

SinZeal, ReligiousSecret

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.