Matthew 13:35 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 13:35

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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ASV

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

KJV

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 35) So that what was said through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world. This testimony is taken from the seventy-seventh psalm (Verse 2). It is read in some codices, and a diligent reader may perhaps find the same thing in the place where we have put it, and the Vulgate edition has: So that what was said through the prophet might be fulfilled, written there, through the prophet Isaiah, saying.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Yet He spoke not in parables to the disciples, but to the multitude; and even to this day the multitude hears in parables; and therefore it is said, And without a parable spake he not unto them. This passage is taken from the seventy-seventh Psalm. I have seen copies which read, 'by Esaias the Prophet,' instead of what we have adopted, and what the common text has by the Prophet. But because the text was not found in Isaiah, his name was, I suppose, therefore erased by such as had observed that.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,.... Not Isaiah, as some copies in the times of Jerom read, but Asaph, who is called Asaph the seer, 2Ch 29:30 which is all one as a prophet; vision is one sort of prophecy (d); and there was such a thing as prophesying with harps, psalteries and cymbals, as well as in other ways, and with which Asaph and his sons are said to prophesy, 1Ch 25:1 so that he is very rightly called a prophet by the evangelist, who is cited, saying, Psa 78:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

By the prophet - As the quotation is taken from Psa 78:2, which is attributed to Asaph, he must be the prophet who is meant in the text; and, indeed, he is expressly called a prophet, 1Ch 25:2. Several MSS. have Ησαιου, Isaiah; but this is a manifest error. Jerome supposes that Asaph was first in the text, and that some ignorant transcriber, not knowing who this Asaph was, inserted the word Isaiah; and thus, by attempting to remove an imaginary error, made a real one.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
πληρωθῇ	plērōthēa	may be fulfilled	G4137 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
ῥηθὲν	rhēthen	having been spoken	G2046 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
προφήτου	prophētou	prophet	G4396 →
λέγοντος·	legontos	saying;	G3004 →
ἀνοίξω	anoixō	I will open	G455 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
παραβολαῖς	parabolais	parables	G3850 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
ἐρεύξομαι	ereuxomai	I will utter [things]	G2044 →
κεκρυμμένα	kekrummena	hidden	G2928 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
καταβολῆς	katabolēs	[the] foundation	G2602 →
κόσμου.¶	kosmou	[of the] world.	G2889 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 2:7
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
leads to
- Colossians 1:26–27
  the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
- 2 Peter 1:3
  His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
- Romans 16:25–26
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- Matthew 11:25
  At that time Jesus 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.
- Psalms 78:2
  I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Through
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
leads to
- Matthew 13:34–35
  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- Mark 4:34
  He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
Through
Ephesians 3:9
and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
leads to
- Colossians 1:26
  the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew