Matthew 11:29

ζυγόν : current phrase to express the relation of a disciple to a master. The Rabbis spoke of the “yoke of the law”. Jesus uses their phrases while drawing men away from their influence. μάθετε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ : not merely learn from my example (Buttmann, Gram., p. 324: on, that is, from the case of), but, more comprehensively, get your learning from me; take me as your Master in religion. The thing to be learned is not merely a moral lesson, humility, but the whole truth about God and righteousness. But the mood of Master and scholar must correspond, He meek as they have become by sorrowful experience. Hence ὅτι πραΰς … τῇ καρδίᾳ : not that, hut for I am, etc. What connection is there between this spirit and knowledge of God? This: a proud man cannot know God. God knoweth the proud afar off (Psalms 138:6), and they know God afar off. God giveth the grace of intimate knowledge of Himself to the lowly. ἀνάπαυσιν : rest, such as comes through finding the true God, or through satisfaction of desire, of the hunger of the soul.