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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

马太福音 11:26

父啊,是的,這就是你的美意。

Bible Study Resources

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

Chinese Union (Simplified)
父 阿 , 是 的 , 因 为 你 的 美 意 本 是 如 此 。

Contextual Overview

25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children. 26 Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted. 27 "My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell. 28 "Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. 29 Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. 30 The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry 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
Then they said to each other, "Let's build a city and a tower for ourselves, whose top will reach high into the sky. We will become famous. Then we will not be scattered over all the earth."
Genesis 11:5
The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.
Genesis 11:20
When Reu was 32 years old, his son Serug was born.
Genesis 11:24
When Nahor was 29 years old, his son Terah was born.
Genesis 11:26
After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.
Genesis 11:27
This is the family history of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
Joshua 24:2
Then Joshua said to all the people, "Here's what the Lord , the God of Israel, says to you: ‘A long time ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River. Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, worshiped 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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