The exultation of Jesus (Matthew 11:25-27). The setting in Mt. gives to this great devotional utterance of Jesus a tone of resignation in connection with the apparent failure of His ministry. Here, connected with the fall of Satan, it has a tone of triumph (ἠγαλλιάσατο). ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ : it was an inspired utterance, “a kind of glossolaly,” J. Weiss (Meyer).

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising

Old Testament