Saying 33: Proclaim From the Rooftops
What you hear whispered in your ear, announce from the rooftops. No one lights a lamp and hides it under a basket; it goes on a stand where everyone coming and going can see the light.
Commentary
A striking counterweight to the secrecy of the prologue. Thomas holds both: the sayings are hidden, and what you have understood must be broadcast.
Parallels
Matthew 10:27; Luke 12:3; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33
Sayings on the same themes
- Saying 38 Saying 38: You Will Seek Me and Not Find Me You have often wanted to hear these words from me and had no one else to hear them from; there will be…
- Saying 1 Saying 1: Whoever Finds the Meaning Whoever discovers what these sayings mean will not taste death.
- Saying 19 Saying 19: The Five Trees in Paradise Blessed is the one who came into being before coming into being. There are five trees in Paradise, unchanged in summer and…
- Saying 28 Saying 28: I Found Them All Drunk I took my place in the middle of the world and appeared in flesh; I found everyone drunk and no one thirsty,…
- Saying 17 Saying 17: What No Eye Has Seen I will give you what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no hand has touched, and what has never arisen…
- Saying 32 Saying 32: A City on a High Hill A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, and it cannot be hidden.