praise. For avexpu-^ag, Thou hast kept concealed, cf. ver. 27 ; for av-exaXu-^ac, Thou hast revealed, cf. again ver. 27, at the end. — raura, these things) Concerning the Father and the Son, concerning the kingdom of heaven. — eopuv, the wise) i.e. those who arrogate to themselves the character of wisdom.1 — evvtruv.
prudent) i.e. those who arrogate to themselves the character of prudence.1 Cf. 1 Cor. i. 19. — affgxaXo-4/aj, Thou hast revealed) See ch. xvi. 17. — I/JJIT/O/S, to infants) Such as the twelve apostles and seventy disciples were : See Luke x. 21 ; they were very young, for they bore witness for a long time afterwards. They were infants, as being ready to believe and simple-minded ; see Matt, xviii. 3.
26. Na/, yea) Even so. Jesus assents to the good pleasure of the Father. " Even so, oh Father !" is an epitome of filial con fession. — o irarqp is in this passage more significant than Tari-p would have been.2 — fvdozia, tfjwrpo<ffa Sou, well-pleasing in Thy sight5) The will and the intellect of God put forth His decrees. His good pleasure is the highest limit, beyond which we are not permitted to go, in examining the causes of the Divine decrees. Thus presently, concerning the Son, we find the expression, jSouXjjra/, may ivill, Lat. voluerit.
27. Tldvra, all things) Here our Lord changes the direction of His words, and accosts His human auditors. After His re surrection, He more expressly said that all things in heaven and in earth were delivered to Him ; see ch. xxviii. 18 ; but in the present passage the same truth is implied ; cf. ver. 25. A II things are delivered unto Him ; also the authority to reveal them. All things are delivered unto Him ; and therefore all men. See John xiii. 3, xvii. 2 ; 1 Cor. xv. 25, 27.
1 Beng. attributes to the troipoi the " habitus noeticus;" to the awiToi, the " habitus dianoeticus ; " the same difference as between vovs and §/«j/o/«, mind and discriminative intelligence or discernment. — Ed.
2 The latter, a simple vocative ; the former, in form, a nominative with the article prefixed, in effect, an emphatic vocative of a peculiar character, similar to the analogous o ®so<;. — (I. B.)
"Thou, who art the Father" (par excellence). — Ed.
3 In the original, " Beneplacitum coram Te." It is difficult to render Beneplacitum in this place so as to show its intimate connection, or rather identity, with '• Beneplacitum " a few lines below, where I have rendered it, as elsewhere, good pleasure. — (I. B.)
'2ti2 ST MATTHEW XI. 28, 29.
have been delivered) The Father reserved nothing for Himself which He did not give to the Son. Cf. John xiii. 3 ; Matt, xxviii. 18. The intimate relation of the Father and the Son is implied in ver. 25-27, John vi. 39, 40, and so throughout the Apocalypse. See my exposition of the Apocalypse, p. 65. — ovdsi; — ou&, no one — neither) On the order of the words, cf. John viii. 19. — ft pri 6 Karfy, except the Father} He does not add, " and he to whomsoever the Father chooses to reveal Him" because He has said that in ver. 25, and here He is teaching us what the Father has delivered to Him. The Holy Spirit is not ex cluded ; Pie is not, however, mentioned here, becaiise His office was not as yet so well known to men. — /Source/, may will) shall choose. To whom, however, He wishes to do so, is clear from the following verse.
28. Asurg, comeye) sc. immediately. — See Gnomon on ch. iv- 19. — <rp6$ Ms, unto Me) Since the Pharisees, and even John himself, cannot satisfy you. — irdvrec, all) Let not the limitation in ver. 27 deter you. — o/ xo-r/wmc, that labour) Refer to this fyybv and £uyo£, yoke, in ver. 29, 30. — <re<popriff/j,'evoi, heavy laden) To this should be referred padere, learn, in ver. 29, and <popriov, burden, in ver. 30. The Hebrew KB'O signifies a burden, i.e., doctrine, discipline. — xayw, and I) Though you have sought elsewhere in vain, you will find it with Me, ver. 29. — avavavau, I will make you rest) This is explained in the next verse. — on, X.T.X., because, etc.) " I will make you rest," and " ye shall Jind rest" are cor relative.