Matthew 11:26

Matthew 11:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
• New International Version (NIV)Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

Context of Matthew 11:26

24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!” 25At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. 27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him. 28Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:26 word by word

ναὶ ὁ πατήρ, ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν σου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even soναίnai · yesG3483
• Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• it seemedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• goodεὐδοκίαeudokia · goodwillG2107
• inἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• thyσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Matthew 11:26

• Job 33:13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?
• Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Luke 10:21On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
• Romans 9:18So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
• Ephesians 1:9He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
• Ephesians 3:11This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
• 2 Timothy 1:9He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Commentaries on Matthew 11:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Even so, Father - . An emphatical ratification of the preceding address. It was right that the heavenly wisdom, despised, rejected, and persecuted by the scribes and Pharisees, should be offered to the simple people, and afterwards to the foolish people, the Gentiles, who are the children of wisdom, and justify God in his ways, by bringing forth that fruit of the Gospel of which the Pharisees refused to receive even the seed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-30Verses 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 Lord of all; yet with confidence, as one able to defend us from evil, and to supply us with all good. Our blessed Lord added a remarkable declaration, that the Father had delivered into his hands all power, authority, and judgment. We are indebted to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-30This passage is about the small group of people who accept the Messiah and follow his teachings, even though most of their generation does not.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Even so, Father; for so it seemed good--the emphatic and chosen term for expressing any object of divine complacency; whether Christ Himself (see on Mt 3:17), or God's gracious eternal arrangements (see on Php 2:13). in thy sight--This is just a sublime echo of the foregoing words; as if Jesus, when He uttered them, had paused to reflect on it, and as if the glory of it--not so much in the light of its own reasonableness as of God's absolute will that…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 11:26

• God
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• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Preaching
• Predestination
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Matthew 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings