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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Verse Matthew 11:25. _I THANK THEE_] εξομολογουμαι σοι, _I fully agree with_ _thee_-I am perfectly of the same mind. Thou hast acted in all things according to the strictest holiness, justice, mercy,...
FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT - That is, from those who “thought” themselves wise - “wise” according to the world’s estimation of wisdom, 1 Corinthians 1:26. HAST REVEALED THEM UNTO BABES - To the poor, t...
8. THE FORERUNNER IN PRISON. THE KINGDOM PREACHING REJECTED. CHAPTER 11 1. John Imprisoned Sends his Disciples. (Matthew 11:1 .) 2. The King's Testimony Concerning John. (Matthew 11:7 .) 3. The King...
JESUS AND HIS MISSION. Matthew 11:25 treats of the relation between the Father and the Son (Luke 10:21 f.), Matthew 11:28 of the yoke of Jesus (Mt. only). No stress can be laid on at that time, though...
II. THE FATHER'S REVELATION. 25. AT THAT TIME. Immediately after this judgment upon the impenitent cities was denounced. O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. Christ addresses God as his Father, not...
THE SIX ACCENTS IN THE VOICE OF JESUS (Matthew 11:1-30) Matthew 11:1-30 is a chapter in which Jesus is speaking all the time; and, as he speaks to different people and about different things, we hear...
At that time Jesus said: "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and the clever, and have revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for thus it w...
THAT TIME. Of His rejection. Figure of speech _Chronographia_ (App-6), emphasizing the lesson. TIME. season. ANSWERED AND SAID. prayed and said.. Hebraism. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. I THANK THE...
_answered and said_ A Hebraism="spake and said." _prudent_ Rather, INTELLIGENT, ACUTE. The secrets of the kingdom are not revealed to those who are wise in their own conceit, but to those who have th...
The revelation to "Babes." St Luke 10:21-22, where the words are spoken on the return of the Seventy....
ἈΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ. This use of ἀποκριθείς, ‘answering,’ where no question precedes, is a Hebraism. ἘΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΟΥ͂ΜΑΙ. Strictly, ‘to speak forth, ‘confess,’ τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ch. Matthew 3:6; cp. Philippians 2:11, t...
THE REVELATION TO ‘BABES’ St Luke 10:21-22, where the words are spoken on the return of the Seventy. The close connection between this section and that which follows has been pointed out by Dean Pero...
VER 25. AT THAT TIME JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, "I THANK THEE, O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, BECAUSE THOU HAST HID THESE THINGS FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT, AND HAST REVEALED THEM UNTO BABES. 26. EV...
_A MEANS OF REST MATTHEW 11:25-30:_ There are many ways Christ benefits our lives and there are many blessings that come through the gospel. No blessing is greater than "rest for your soul" which is o...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 11:4. ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΈΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΟΎΜΑΙ (G1843) _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ исповедовать, в Септ, часто используется как...
AT THAT TIME JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID— Dr. Doddridge reads this, _Jesus took occasion to say;_ and when the words so introduced, says he, are not a reply to any preceding speech, I apprehend the versio...
Section 25 JESUS CONDEMNS UNBELIEVING CITIES AND INVITES BABES TO COME TO HIM TEXT: 11:20-30 I. HEARTBROKEN CONDEMNATION 20. Then began he to unbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works wer...
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. AT THAT TIME...
7 Compare Luk_7:24-30. 7 The Lord might well have spoken disparagingly of John at this juncture. Instead, He gives him a eulogy which places him on the highest pinnacle of human fame. He gives him a...
THE DISCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST 1. Tours of Jesus after dismissing His apostles. The apostles started on their mission about five weeks before the second Passover of the ministry (28 a.d.) and were away...
AT THAT TIME] Since St. Luke connects this utterance with the return of the Seventy, which he alone records, it is probable that St. Matthew intends to connect it with the return of the Twelve, which,...
CHRIST'S RELATION TO THE FATHER AND TO MANKIND (Luke 10:21). A sublime utterance, this 'pearl of the sayings of Jesus' (Keim), 'one of the purest and most genuine,' 'one of Johannean splendour' (Meyer...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 JOHN THE *BAPTIST ASKED A QUESTION 11:1-6 V1 Jesus finished giving instructions to his 12 *disciples. Then he went on from there...
ANSWERED AND SAID. — The phrase is more or less a Hebraism, implying that the words rose out of some unrecorded occasion. St. Luke connects them (Luke 10:17) with the return of the Seventy; but as the...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
ἀποκριθείς, answering, not necessarily to anything said, but to some environment provocative of such thoughts. ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι (= הוֹדָה לְ, Psalms 75:2, etc.). In Matthew 3:6 this compound means to...
_Jesus worshipping_ (Luke 10:21-22). It is usual to call this golden utterance a prayer, but it is at once prayer, praise, and self-communing in a devout spirit. The occasion is unknown. Matthew gives...
WOE OR WELCOME Matthew 11:20 _ The voice of upbraiding,_ Matthew 11:20. The Judge weeps as he pronounces the doom of those who reject Him. They would have crowned Him king, but refused to repent. See...
This picture of John is very full of pathos-from the high triumph of inspired preaching to the solitude and loneliness of a prison. John made as direct application to Jesus as his circumstances permit...
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast (g) revealed them unto babes. (g) Throug...
Jesus answered, &c. lit. Jesus answering, said: where we may take notice, that answering, in the style of the Scripture, is often put when it is no answer to any thing that was said before. (Witham) -...
THE WISE & THE PRUDENT Matthew 11:25. _“At that time, Jesus responding, said, I praise Thee O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and...
SOVEREIGN, DISCRIMINATING MERCY OF GOD Matthew 11:20-30. “Then He began to upbraid the cities, in which most of His mighty works were wrought, because they did not repent: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE REVELATION OF THE GOSPEL_ ‘At that time Jesus answered and said … My burden is light.’ Matthew 11:25 Let us look at this remarkable passage sentence by sentence. I. TO WHOM THE GOSPEL WAS REV...
Matthew 11:25._Jesus answering. _Though the Hebrew verb, _answer, _( ענה,) is frequently employed even in the commencement of a discourse, yet in this passage I consider it to be emphatic; for it was...
From that hour we find the definitive judgment of the nation, not indeed as yet openly declared (that is in chapter 12), nor by the cessation of Christ's ministry, which wrought, notwithstanding the o...
AT THAT TIME JESUS ANSWERED, AND SAID,.... The time referred to is, when the disciples returned to him, and gave him an account of the success of their ministry, Luke 10:17 who say nothing of the conv...
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Ver. 25. _At t...
Mat. 11:25, 26, "At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. E...
_At that time Jesus answered_, &c. This word does not always imply that something had been spoken, to which an answer is now made. It often means no more than the _speaking in reference_ to some actio...
HID THESE THINGS; not led them to perceive and embrace them, because there were the wisest and best reasons why he should not. WISE AND PRUDENT; in their own estimation, and so proud that they would...
Throughout Israel now the Lord carries on an intensive teaching and preaching in their cities. John the Baptist hears of this in the prison, but he is deeply puzzled, for he sends two of his disciples...
25-30 It becomes children to be grateful. When we come to God as a Father, we must remember that he is Lord of heaven and earth, which obliges us to come to him with reverence as to the sovereign Lor...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:26"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I All things have been delivered to Me by My Father; and no one knoweth the Father but the Son, or the Son but the Father, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him."[266]...
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‘At that time (season) Jesus answered and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to babes.” ' Note the viv...
THE FATHER HAS ENLIGHTENED HIS TRUE PEOPLE AND HAS DELIVERED ALL THINGS TO JESUS WHO ALONE TRULY KNOWS HIS FATHER, WHO HAS RECEIVED ALL THINGS FROM HIS FATHER, AND WHO ALONE CAN REVEAL HIS FATHER TO O...
Matthew 11:25. AT THAT SEASON. Probably immediately after the denunciation just recorded. ANSWERED. Not necessarily to an oral question, nor even to the thoughts of the listeners. The ascription of...
This section is a continuation of the preceding discourse. The comparison between the children of ‘this generation' and ‘wisdom' which is justified by her works, is, on the one hand, sharpened into a...
AT THAT SEASON JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID (εν εκεινω τω καιρω αποκριθεις ειπεν). Spoke to his Father in audible voice. The time and place we do not know. But here we catch a glimpse of Jesus in one of...
Matthew 11:25 Why God reveals to babes. The babe is the representative of the receptive spirit. Its characteristic is trust, openness to impression, and freedom from prejudice. Childlike men may be po...
Matthew 11:25 I. Note, first, the Master's words when He thanks God that He "has hid these things from the wise and prudent." A man may have understanding and wisdom enough on certain of life's matter...
Matthew 11:25 I. The word which our English version renders "I thank Thee" is in reality of more extended meaning. It means something of this kind, "I confess, I acknowledge, Thy great wisdom." There...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities._ Whatever he commanded, he himself did. H...
Matthew 11:20. _Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:_ They listened; sometimes, they applauded; but they repented not; and there...
Matthew 11:25. _At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes....
CONTENTS: Answer to questions sent Jesus by John the Baptist. Judgment predicted as result of rejection of Christ. Rest for individuals who put their trust in Him. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist...
Matthew 11:3. _Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another._ Brevity here is connected with obscurity. John could not doubt, after seeing the glory, and hearing the voice from heaven. The...
AT THAT TIME JESUS SAID. At the conclusion of reproaching the towns. FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. Jesus shows his humility. Four more times, in deep emotion, Jesus speaks to his Father (John 11:4...
_Because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent._ WHY GOD REVEALS TO BABES The babe is the representative of the receptive spirit-trusting, open to impression, free from prejudice. Wisd...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:25 THESE THINGS. The message and activities of the kingdom of heaven, which require faith and humility to grasp. WISE AND UNDERSTANDING. Those who are wise in the world’s ey...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:1 Opposition to the Messiah Increases. There has been occasional resistance to Jesus’ ministry (e.g., Matthew 9:3). It now begins to increase sig
CHAPTER 11 _And it came to pass_, &c. _He passed from thence_ : That means, He separated Himself from His Apostles, whom He sent to preach the Gospel by themselves, both that they might prepare the wa...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 11:25. ANSWERED AND SAID.—A Hebraism for “spake and said” (_Carr_). But Dr. Monro Gibson observes: “As we read, first of the doubts of John, then of the thoughtlessness of the...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 11:1 Matthew only. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD MADE AN END. The same formula recurs in Matthew 7:28; Matthew 13:53;...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these commandments, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities (Matthew 11:1). So He sent them out in front of them, and then He...
1 Chronicles 29:13; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 2:6;...
Answered. In reply to something which is not stated. I thank [ε ξ ο μ ο λ ο γ ο υ μ α ι]. Compare Matthew 3:6, of confessing sins. Lit., I confess. I recognize the justice and wisdom of thy doings. Bu...
Jesus answering — This word does not always imply, that something had been spoken, to which an answer is now made. It often means no more than the speaking in reference to some action or circumstance...
In these verses our Saviour glorifies his Father for the wise and free dispensation of his gospel-grace to the meanest and most ignorant; whilst the great and learned men of the world undervalued and...