Luke 12:1-3
many thousands <3461> [an.]
5:1,15 6:17 Ac 21:20 *Gr: [All]
were trampling <2662> [trode.]
first <4412> [first.]
Be on ... guard <4337> [Beware.]
which <3748> [which.]
whatever <3745> [whatsoever.]
will be proclaimed <2784> [proclaimed.]
The houses in Judea being flat-roofed, with a balustrade round about, were used for the purpose of taking the air, sleeping, and prayer, and, it seems, for announcing things in the most public manner. So among the Turks, a crier announces the hours of public worship from the minaret or tower of the mosque.
housetops <1430> [housetops.]
