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King James Version

Matthew 11:26

Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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- 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;  

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- 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:

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Devotionals:

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

Parallel Translations

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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.
George Lamsa Translation
O yes, my Father, for such was your will.
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.
Amplified Bible
"Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.
World English Bible
Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Contemporary English Version
Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.
New Revised Standard
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
King James Version (1611)
Euen so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
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.
New International Version (1984)
Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
New Century Version
Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.
New English Translation
Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
New American Standard Bible
"Yes, Father, for this way was well pleasing in Your sight.
New International Version
Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
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!
Lexham English Bible
Yes, Father, for to do so was your gracious will.
Literal Translation
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing before You.
Update Bible Version
yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
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.
New Life Bible
Yes, Father, it was good in Your sight.
Good News Translation
Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.
Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.
Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, Father, you did this because it's what you really wanted to do.
English Standard Version
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Yup! This is the way that you wanted it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

Contextual Overview

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden 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, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Genesis 11:20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: 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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