Mat 10:26-28 | PNT | STEP | Fear them not therefore . Because Christ shall triumph, and all shall be brought to judgment, where every secret shall be made manifest.

‏ Matthew 10:26-28

Fear them not therefore. Because Christ shall triumph, and all shall be brought to judgment, where every secret shall be made manifest. What I tell you in darkness. In privacy. The Lord had to teach them in private before he could send them forth.

Upon the house tops. The flat roofs of eastern houses made a conspicuous pulpit. The Lord directs them to speak in the most public manner. In Syria proclamations are still often made from the house tops. Fear not them. Of men, who can only destroy the body, but cannot harm the soul.

But rather fear him, etc. Fear God, who can condemn the soul to banishment. The command is to fear not the displeasure of man, but that of God.

In hell.

See PNT Mt 5:22. The word in the Greek is "Gehenna", not "hades".