In John 18:20 Jesus explains:
20 Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world;
I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all
the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret."
I believe He's making the point that everything He's done
has been in the open and available to be known by all; He's
got nothing to hide.
But it might also be a little jab at their tactics of plotting,
arresting Him and holding trial at night, etc. - in secret.
From Matthew Henry:
He said nothing in secret contrary to what he said in public, but only by way of repetition and explication: In secret have I said nothing; as if he had been either suspicious of the truth of it, or conscious of any ill design in it. He sought no corners, for he feared no colours, nor said any thing that he needed to be ashamed of; what he did speak in private to his disciples he ordered them to proclaim on the house-tops, Mt. 10:27. God saith of himself (Isa. 45:19), I have not spoken in secret; his commandment is not hidden, Deu. 30:11. And the righteousness of faith speaks in like manner, Rom. 10:6. Veritas nihil metuit nisi abscondi—truth fears nothing but concealment.—Tertullian.
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