Matthew 11:25

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

At yt tyme Iesus answered and sayd: I prayse ye o father LORde of heve and erth because thou hast hid these thinges fro the wyse and prudet and hast opened the vnto babes:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι απέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις.

Transliteration

In ekeinō the kairō apokritheis the Iēsous eipen, Exomologoumai to you, Pater, Kyrie of the ouranou and of the gēs, because you apekrypsas these things from sophōn and synetōn, and apekalypsas them to nēpiois.

Grammar Details

• *ekeinō*: dative, masculine, singular, demonstrative - that
• *kairō*: dative, masculine, singular - time/season
• *apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist, active, 3rd singular - said
• *Exomologoumai*: present, middle, 1st singular - I thank/praise/confess
• *Pater*: vocative, masculine, singular - Father
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of heaven
• *gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of earth
• *apekrypsas*: aorist, active, 2nd singular - you hid
• *sophōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of wise ones
• *synetōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of intelligent ones
• *apekalypsas*: aorist, active, 2nd singular - you revealed
• *nēpiois*: dative, neuter, plural - to infants/children

Word Meanings

• *ekeinō*: that/those
• *kairō*: time/season/occasion
• *apokritheis*: having answered/responded
• *eipen*: said/spoke
• *Exomologoumai*: I thank/praise/confess
• *Pater*: Father
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Master
• *ouranou*: of heaven/sky
• *gēs*: of earth/land
• *apekrypsas*: you hid/concealed
• *sophōn*: of wise ones/sages
• *synetōn*: of intelligent ones/understanding ones
• *apekalypsas*: you revealed/disclosed/uncovered
• *nēpiois*: to infants/children/simple ones

Referenced Verses

• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Iesus answered and sayde to him: happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened vnto the yt but my father which is in heve.
• Matt 21:16 : 16 and sayde vnto him: hearest thou what these saye? Iesus sayde vnto them yee: have ye never redde of the mouth of babes and suckelinges thou haste ordeyned prayse?
• John 11:41 : 41 Then they toke awaye ye stone from ye place where the deed was layde. And Iesus lyfte vp his eyes and sayde: Father I thanke the because that thou hast hearde me.
• John 12:38-40 : 38 yt the sayinge of Esayas the Prophet myght be fulfilled yt he spake. Lorde who shall beleve oure sayinge? And to whom ys the arme of ye Lorde opened? 39 Therfore coulde they not beleve because yt Esaias sayth agayne: 40 he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hertes that they shuld not se with their eyes and vnderstonde with their hertes and shuld be converted and I shuld heale the.
• Acts 17:24 : 24 God that made the worlde and all that are in it seynge that he is Lorde of heven and erth he dwelleth not in temples made with hondes
• Rom 11:8-9 : 8 accordynge as it is written: God hath geven the the sprete of vnquyetnes: eyes that they shuld not se and eares that they shuld not heare even vnto this daye. 9 And David sayth: Let their table be made a snare to take them with all and an occasion to faule and a rewarde vnto them. 10 Let their eyes be blynded that they se not: and ever bowe doune their backes.
• 1 Cor 1:18-29 : 18 For ye preachinge of the crosse is to them yt perisshe folishnes: but vnto vs which are saved it is ye power of God. 19 For it is written: I will destroye the wysdome of the wyse and will cast awaye the vnderstondinge of the prudet. 20 Where is the wyse? Where is the scrybe? Where is the searcher of this worlde? 21 Hath not God made the wysdome of this worlde folisshnes? For when the worlde thorow wysdome knew not God in ye wysdome of God: it pleased God thorow folisshnes of preachinge to save them yt beleve. 22 For ye Iewes requyre a signe and the Grekes seke after wysdome. 23 But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes: 24 but vnto the which are called both of Iewes and Grekes we preache Christ ye power of God and the wysdome of God. 25 For the folishnes of God is wyser then me: and the weakenes of God is stronger then men. 26 Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wyse men after the flesshe not many myghty not many of hye degre are called: 27 but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thinges of the worlde to confounde thinges which are mighty. 28 And vile thinges of the worlde and thinges which are despysed hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to brynge to nought thinges of reputacion 29 that no flesshe shulde reioyce in his presence.
• 1 Cor 2:6-8 : 6 That we speake of is wysdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wysdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worlde (which go to nought) 7 but we speake ye wysdome of God which is in secrete and lieth hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory: 8 which wysdome none of ye rulars of the worlde knewe. For had they knowe it they wolde not have crucified the Lorde of glory.
• Mark 4:10-12 : 10 And when he was alone they yt were aboute him with ye.xii. axed him of ye similitude. 11 And he sayde vnto the. To you it is geve to knowe the mistery of the kyngdome of God. But vnto them that are wt out shall all thinges be done in similitudes: 12 yt when they se they shall se and not discerne: and when they heare they shall heare and not vnderstonde: leste at any tyme they shulde tourne and their synnes shuld be forgeve the.
• Mark 10:14-16 : 14 When Iesus sawe that he was displeased and sayd to the: Suffre the chyldre to come vnto me and forbid the not. For of suche is ye kyngdome of God. 15 Verely I saye vnto you whosoever shall not receave ye kyngdome of God as a chylde he shall not entre therin. 16 And he toke the vp in his armes and put his hondes vpon them and blessed the.
• Luke 10:21-24 : 21 That same tyme reioysed Iesus in ye sprete and sayde: I confesse vnto ye father Lorde of heaven and erth yt thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them to the babes. Even so father for soo pleased it the. 22 All thinges are geven me of my father. And no man knoweth who the sonne is but the father: nether who the father is save the sonne and he to who the sonne wyll shewe him. 23 And he turned to his disciples and sayde secretly: Happy are ye eyes which se yt ye se. 24 For I tell you that many prophetes and kynges have desired to se those thinges which ye se and have not sene them: and to heare those thinges which ye heare and have not hearde them.
• Luke 22:42 : 42 sayinge: Father yf thou wilt withdrawe this cup fro me. Neverthelesse not my will but thyne be be fulfilled.
• Matt 18:3-4 : 3 and sayd. Verely I say vnto you: except ye tourne and become as chyldren ye cannot enter into the kyngdom of heven. 4 Whosoever therfore humble him sylfe as this chylde the same is the greatest in ye kyngdome of heve.
• Matt 13:11-16 : 11 He answered and sayde vnto them: it is geve vnto you to knowe ye secretes of the kyngdome of heve but to the it is not geve. 12 For whosoever hath to him shall be geven: and he shall have aboundance. But whosoever hath not: fro hym shalbe takyn awaye even that he hath. 13 Therfore speake I to them in similitudes: for though they se they se not: and hearinge they heare not: nether vnderstonde. 14 And in the is fulfilled ye Prophesie of Esayas which prophesie sayth: with the eares ye shall heare and shall not vnderstonde and with the eyes ye shall se and shall not perceave. 15 For this peoples hertes are wexed grosse and their eares were dull of herynge and their eyes have they closed lest they shulde se with their eyes and heare with their eares and shuld vnderstonde with their hertes and shuld tourne that I myght heale them. 16 But blessed are youre eyes for they se: and youre eares for they heare.
• John 9:39-41 : 39 Iesus sayde: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde: that they which se not myght se and they which se myght be made blynde. 40 And some of the pharises which were with him hearde these wordes and sayde vnto him: are we then blynde? 41 Iesus sayde vnto them: yf ye were blynde ye shuld have no synne. But now ye saye we se therfore youre synne remayneth.
• 2 Cor 4:3-6 : 3 Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hid amoge them that are lost 4 in whom ye god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them which beleve not lest the light of ye glorious gospell of Christ which is the ymage of god shuld shyne vnto them. 5 For we preache not oure selves but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selves youre servautes for Iesus sake. 6 For it is God that commauded the light to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to geve the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved of the LORde for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion thorow sanctifyinge of the sprete and thorowe belevynge the trueth: 14 whervnto he called you byoure gospell to obtayne ye glorye that cometh of oure lord Iesu Christ.
• Gen 14:19 : 19 blessed hym saynge. Blessed be Abram vnto the most hyghest God possessor of heauen and erth.
• Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram answered the kynge of Sodome: I lyfte vpp my hande vnto the LORde God most hygh possessor of heaven ad erth
• Deut 10:14-15 : 14 Beholde, heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy god, and the erth with all that therein is: 15 only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them, and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons, as it is come to passe this daye.
• John 7:48-49 : 48 Doth eny of the rulers or of the pharises beleve on him? 49 But the comen people whiche knowe not ye lawe are cursed.
• 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse. 19 For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. 20 And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.
• 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their myndes were blinded. For untill this daye remayneth the same coveringe vntake awaye in the olde testamet when they reade it which in Christ is put awaye.