"What I am telling you is in the darkness, do you speak in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

let him who is upon the housetop not go down to get the things in his house,

let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house;

"So that what you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed from the housetops.

"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

The next day, while they were still on their way and were approaching the town, about noon, Peter went up to the housetop to pray.