Matthew 13:35

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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

therefore Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity in the day of judgment, than you.

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open,

but we explain that mysterious plan of divine wisdom, which God had contriv'd before the ages, for our glory:

which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit,

of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. ---

who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,

and gives the expectation of eternal life, which the God of veracity promised so many ages ago;

God who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON,

when the spirit of Christ inform'd the minds of the prophets of his future sufferings, and of the glorious consequences, they were solicitous to know the circumstances of the times pointed at:

General references

and he addressed himself to them in these instructions.

he that does all these things, is the Lord himself that has said it." for the works of God are all known to him from the beginning of the world.