Matthew 13:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I will utter

General references

Matthew 5:2

Acts 15:18

Bible References

I will utter

But at the judgment the punishment will be lighter for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

To Him who can make you strong in accordance with the good news I bring and in accordance with the message preached about Jesus Christ, in accordance with the uncovering of the secret which for ages past had not been told,

rather, we are setting forth a wisdom that came from God, once a covered secret but now uncovered, which God marked off as His plan for bringing us to glory.

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,

in the hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

It was bit by bit and in many different ways that God in olden times spoke to our forefathers through the prophets,

earnestly trying to find out the time, and the nature of the times, which the Spirit of the Christ within them pointed to, in foretelling the sufferings of the Christ and the glory that should follow them.

General references

Then He opened His mouth and continued to teach them as follows:

who has been making this known from ages past.'