Matthew 11:25-27
Jesus’ Invitation
25 At that time Jesus said, ▼▼tn Grk “At that time, answering, Jesus said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
“I praise ▼▼tn Or “thank.”
you, Father, Lord ▼ of heaven and earth, because ▼▼tn Or “that.”
you have hidden these things from the wise ▼▼sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31, where Paul states that not many of the wise, powerful, or privileged had responded to the gospel.
and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children. ▼ 26Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ▼▼tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ states: “as a reverential way of expressing oneself, when one is speaking of an eminent pers., and esp. of God, not to connect the subject directly w. what happens, but to say that it took place ‘before someone.’”
27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ▼▼sn This verse, frequently referred to as the “bolt from the Johannine blue,” has been noted for its conceptual similarity to statements in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined. The statement here also occurs in Luke 10:22, and serves as a warning against drawing a simplistic dichotomy between Jesus’ teaching in the synoptic gospels and Jesus’ teaching in the Gospel of John.
No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ▼▼tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.
to reveal him.
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