'Publicly' in the Bible
So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
“Be [very] careful not to do your good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.
And then I will declare to them publicly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me [you are banished from My presence], you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands].’
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:
But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.
So he [obeyed and] went away and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten Hellenistic cities] all the great things that Jesus had done for him; and all the people were astonished.
And the child grew and became strong in character, and lived in the Desert till the time came for him to appear publicly to Israel.
since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"
But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.
Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities know He is the Messiah?
Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.
And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
Before {his coming} John had publicly proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out."
for powerfully the Jews he was refuting publicly, shewing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.
I never shrank from telling you anything that would help you nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house.
For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
And every woman who prays or prophesies when she has her head uncovered disgraces her head; for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved [in disgrace].
Judge for yourselves; is it proper for a woman to offer prayer to God [publicly] with her head uncovered?
Therefore, demonstrate to the churches that you love them and show them publicly why we boast about you.
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.
Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.