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Verse Matthew 11:26. _EVEN SO, FATHER_] ναι ο πατηρ. An
emphatical ratification of the preceding address.
It was right that the heavenly wisdom, despised, rejected, and
persecuted by the scribes and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EVEN SO, FATHER, FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD, ETC.
"Even so" is better rendered "Yea." Yea,. thank thee, that it seemeth
good "to hide these things from the wise and prudent and reveal them
unto babes....
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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...
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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...
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SEEMED GOOD. became well-pleasing. Occurs with _ginomai,_ only here
and Luke 10:21....
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The revelation to "Babes."
St Luke 10:21-22, where the words are spoken on the return of the
Seventy....
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_Even so, Father: for_ Translate: "yea Father [I thank thee] that,
&c....
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ΝΑῚ Ὁ ΠΑΤΉΡ. ‘Yea, Father (I thank thee), that,’ &c.
Not as in A.V., ‘Even so, Father, for,’ &c. For the nominative in
place of vocative cp. Soph. _El._ 634,
ἔπαιρε δὴ σὺ θύμαθʼ ἡ παροῦσά μοι.
ΕΥ̓ΔΟ...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ΠΑΤΉΡ (G3962) отец (пот.
используетеявзнач. _voc._, _см._ BD, 81).
ΌΤ (G3754) потому что, вводит причину
удовлетворенности (EGT).
ΕΥΔΟΚΊΑ (G2107) удовольствие,
благоволение, удовлетворение,
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ...
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EVEN SO, FATHER— The Prussian editors render this verse, _Thus it
is, O Father, because such was thy will;_ and Mr. Wynne observes, that
possibly the Greek would be more properly rendered, _Be it so,...
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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...
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Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
EVEN SO, FATHER; FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD, [ eudokia (G2107)] - the
emphatic and chosen term for expressing any object of divine
complacency; wheth...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD. — Literally, _Yea, Father,_ [I _thank Thee_]_
that thus it was Thy good pleasure._ The words recall those that had
been spoken at our Lord’s baptism (“in whom I am well pleased,...
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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'...
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ναί reaffirms with solemn emphasis what might appear doubtful,
_viz._, that Jesus was content with the state of matters (_vide_
Klotz, _Devar._, i. 140). _Cf._ Matthew 11:9. πατήρ : nominative
for voc...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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(h) Even so, Father: for so it seemed (i) good in thy sight.
(h) This word shows that he contents himself in his Father's council.
(i) God's will is the only rule of righteousness....
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_Yea, Father, &c. St. John Chrysostom interprets this passage as if
Christ would say, Go on, Father, as you have begun; or the sense may
be, I give thee thanks, O Father, that it has pleased thee to a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_THE LESSON OF SUBMISSION_
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight.’
Matthew 11:26
The greatest thing which you have to do in life is to learn to say
those words.
I. GOD’S DISCIPLINE.—...
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26._Undoubtedly, O Father _This expression removes every pretense for
that licentiousness of inquiry, to which we are continually excited.
There is nothing which we yield to God with greater difficult...
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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...
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EVEN SO, FATHER, FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD IN THY SIGHT. Or, "so is the
good will", or "pleasure before thee": thus, רצון מלפניך
יהי, "let it be the good will before thee", or "in thy sight, O
Lord", is...
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Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Ver. 26. _Even so, Father, for so, &c._] Christ being tired out, as
it were, by the untractableness of his hearers, turns him to his
Father, and c...
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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...
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_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...
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IT SEEMED GOOD; because it was good, right, and best....
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THE GOSPEL CALL.
A most devout prayer of thanksgiving:...
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EVEN SO, FATHER, FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD IN THY SIGHT.
The final purpose of the entire work of salvation, in all its various
branches, is the glorification of God. These things, the mysteries of
the kin...
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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...
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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...
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OLBGrk;
Ver. 25,26. LUKE 10:21, hath the same thing, only he thus prefaces,
_In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, _ & c. He rejoiced in sp...
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Matthew 11:26 so G3483 Father G3962 for G3754 so G3779 seemed G1096
(G5633) good G2107 Your G4675 sight...
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“Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”
And in the end that is because it is what is pleasing to His Father,
the Lord of Heaven and earth. That is how God has been pleased for men
to...
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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...
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Matthew 11:26. YEA, THAT IT WAS WELL-PLEASING IN THY SIGHT. Praise for
His ‘good pleasure' which involves His wisdom, prudence, and
goodness. When men deny these qualities or we cannot fully perceive...
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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...
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WELLPLEASING IN THY SIGHT
(ευδοκια εμπροσθεν σου). "For such has been thy
gracious will" (Weymouth)....
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 11:26
I. There are some occasions of life and times of perplexing difficulty
and sorrow when the mind, which was at first paralyzed, by degrees
awakes and recovers itself to see reasons mercif...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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YES, FATHER. It is God's deliberate act which made the gospel what it
is....
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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...
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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
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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...
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_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...
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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;...
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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...
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2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:11; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 3:11; Isa