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Matthew 11:26

yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Preaching;   Predestination;   Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - Hiding;   Jesus Christ;   Knowledge;   Labor;   Learning;   Lowliness;   Meekness;   Resurrection;   Yoke;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blindness;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Mystery;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Predestination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Election of Grace;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Knowledge;   Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children of God;   Consciousness;   Dates (2);   Discourse;   Divinity of Christ;   Education (2);   Father, Fatherhood;   Foresight;   Heaven ;   Intercession ;   Logia;   Man (2);   Mystery ;   Paradox;   Physical ;   Sacrifice (2);   Simple, Simplicity ;   Teaching of Jesus;   Trinity (2);   Winter ;   Womanliness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abba;   Communion;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Prayers of Jesus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.
King James Version (1611)
Euen so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
King James Version
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
English Standard Version
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
New American Standard Bible
"Yes, Father, for this way was well pleasing in Your sight.
New Century Version
Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.
Amplified Bible
"Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Geneva Bible (1587)
It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Berean Standard Bible
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Contemporary English Version
Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, Father, I thank you that it pleased you to do this.
Darby Translation
Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, Father, you did this because it's what you really wanted to do.
George Lamsa Translation
O yes, my Father, for such was your will.
Good News Translation
Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.
Lexham English Bible
Yes, Father, for to do so was your gracious will.
Literal Translation
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing before You.
American Standard Version
yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.
Bible in Basic English
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
International Standard Version
Yes, Father, for this is what was pleasing to you.
Etheridge Translation
Yes, my Father, for thus was it pleasing before thee !
Murdock Translation
Yes, my Father; for so it seemed good before thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so [it is] O father, for so was it thy good pleasure.
English Revised Version
yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.
World English Bible
Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Weymouth's New Testament
Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
so, fadir, for so it was plesynge tofore thee.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
New English Translation
Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
New King James Version
Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
New Living Translation
Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
New Life Bible
Yes, Father, it was good in Your sight.
New Revised Standard
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea, O Father! That, so, it hath become, a delight, before thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea, Father: for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
Revised Standard Version
yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
eve so father for so it pleased ye.
Young's Literal Translation
Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so father, for so it pleased the.
Mace New Testament (1729)
even so it is, father, for such has been thy will.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Yup! This is the way that you wanted it.

Contextual Overview

25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to babes: 26 yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither does any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whoever the Son wills to reveal [him.] 28 Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my load is light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Job 33:13, Isaiah 46:10, Luke 10:21, Romans 9:18, Romans 11:33-36, Ephesians 1:9, Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians 3:11, 2 Timothy 1:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:8 - because Joshua 9:25 - as it seemeth 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 2 Samuel 7:21 - according 1 Chronicles 17:19 - according Job 9:12 - What Job 37:24 - he Psalms 36:6 - judgments Daniel 4:35 - and he Jonah 1:14 - for Zechariah 12:7 - save Matthew 13:11 - Because Luke 11:4 - for Acts 15:25 - seemed Romans 6:17 - But Romans 9:16 - General 1 Corinthians 1:26 - that 1 Corinthians 12:11 - as Galatians 1:15 - it Ephesians 1:4 - as Ephesians 1:5 - according James 1:17 - good

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] to heaven, and let us make us a name; or else we will be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:5
And Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of man built.
Genesis 11:20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug:
Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah:
Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 a phrase often to be met with in the Jews' forms of prayer x. Here the word designs the sovereign counsel and purpose of God, to which, and to which only, our Lord refers the different dispensations of God towards the sons of men: this is a reason which ought to satisfy everyone, and is better than ten thousand others that can be thought of, or devised by men. This difference among men, with respect to the Gospel revelation, cannot be owing to natural sagacity, prudence, and penetration; for these things are with those from whom it is hid; nor to any worthiness in those to whom it is revealed; for they are the poor, the base, the foolish things of this world, and even things that are not; nor to any foresight of their making a better use and improvement of such a revelation, but to the good will and pleasure of God only.

x Seder Tephillot, fol. 4. 2. & 5. 1. & passim. Ed. Amsterdam.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From the wise and prudent - That is, from those who “thought” themselves wise - “wise” according to the world’s estimation of wisdom, 1 Corinthians 1:26-27.

Hast revealed them unto babes - To the poor, the ignorant, and the obscure; the teachable, the simple, the humble. By the wise and prudent here he had reference probably to the proud and haughty scribes and Pharisees in Capernaum. They rejected his gospel, but it was the pleasure of God to reveal it to obscure and more humble people. The reason given, the only satisfactory reason, is, that it so seemed good in the sight of God. In this the Saviour acquiesced, saying, “Even so, Father;” and in the dealings of God it is proper that all should acquiesce. “Such is the will of God” is often the only explanation which can be offered in regard to the various events which happen to us on earth. “Such is the will of God” is the only account which can be given of the reason of the dispensations of his grace. Our understanding is often confounded. We are unsuccessful in all our efforts at explanation. Our philosophy fails, and all that we can say is, “Even so, Father; for so it seems good to thee.” And this is enough. That God does a thing, is, after all, the best reason which we “can” have that it is right. It is a “security” that nothing wrong is done; and though now mysterious, yet light will hereafter shine upon it like the light of noonday. I have more certainty that a thing is right if I can say that I know such is the will of God, than I could have by depending on my own reason. In the one case I confide in the infallible and most perfect God; in the other I rely on the reason of a frail and erring man. God never errs; but nothing is more common than for people to err.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 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.


 
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