'Publicly' in the Bible
But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.
Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ?
Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
Jesus replied, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,
God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.