Bible Strands
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to the Father immediately after declaring that divine wisdom is concealed from the learned and disclosed to the humble. He addresses the Father at that precise moment to confirm the preceding revelation.
The words — εὐδοκία (eudokia) literally means well-pleasing will, and ὅτι (hoti) functions as the causal marker “for.” The text states the Father’s choice was intrinsically pleasing to Him, establishing a direct cause for the hidden and revealed wisdom.
The thread — The same divine purpose framework runs in Isaiah 46:10, Ephesians 3:11, and 2 Timothy 1:9. These passages consistently locate salvation and revelation within God’s eternal decree rather than human initiative.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to accept that knowledge of God originates in divine choice, not human attainment. It demands submission to the Father’s sovereign will while relying on the Son’s exclusive authority to disclose Him.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 46:10 I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Ephesians 3:11 according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
- Luke 10:21 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- Romans 9:18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
- Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Ephesians 1:9 And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
- Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,