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In secret (en kruptōi). See Mat 6:4, Mat 6:6 for this phrase.
Openly (en parrēsiāi). “In public” (pān, rēsis, telling it all). See Mat 8:32. Common in John (Joh 7:13, Joh 7:26; Joh 10:24; Joh 16:25, Joh 16:29; Joh 18:20; here again contrasted with en kruptōi). It is wise advice in the abstract that a public teacher must allow inspection of his deeds, but the motive is evil. They might get Jesus into trouble. If thou doest these things (ei tauta poieis). This condition of the first class assumes the reality of the deeds of Jesus, but the use of the condition at all throws doubt on it all as in Mat 4:3, Mat 4:6.
Manifest thyself (phanerōson seauton). First aorist active imperative of phaneroō.
To the world (tōi kosmōi). Not just to “thy disciples,” but to the public at large as at the feast of tabernacles. See Joh 8:26; Joh 14:22 for this use of kosmos.