Question 1

What does it mean that God hid these things from the wise and revealed them unto babes?

Accepted Answer

When Jesus says the Father hid these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes, He is not saying smart people cannot be saved. He is saying that people who trust in their own wisdom and status often miss God’s truth, while those who come to Him humble and needy are the ones who receive it. “Babes” are simple, lowly people who know they depend on God. This shows that knowing God is a gift of grace, not something we earn by learning, status, or human effort.

Question 2

Why did Jesus rejoice in spirit and thank the Father in this moment?

Accepted Answer

Jesus rejoiced in His spirit because He saw the good news spreading and God’s grace at work in ordinary people. The seventy had just returned, joyful that demons were subject to them in His name. Jesus looks beyond that to the deeper joy: God is revealing the kingdom to those the world might overlook. He thanks the Father as Lord of heaven and earth, happy that God’s plan is being carried out in a way that lifts up His wisdom and grace, not human pride or power.

Question 3

What does “all things are delivered to me of my Father” teach about Jesus?

Accepted Answer

When Jesus says, “All things are delivered to me of my Father,” He is speaking about the authority and trust given to Him by God the Father. The Father has put the work of revealing Himself, saving people, and ruling His kingdom into the hands of the Son. This means Jesus is not just a teacher among others. He is the one appointed to show us who God is, to bring in the kingdom, and to carry out the Father’s plan of salvation. To come to the Father, we must come through Him.

Question 4

What does it mean that no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son reveals Him?

Accepted Answer

This line shows that real, saving knowledge of God does not come from us working our way up to Him. The Father knows the Son fully, and the Son knows the Father fully. We do not naturally have that knowledge. We need the Son to reveal the Father to us. That happens as Jesus makes Himself known through His words, His works, His death and resurrection, and by His Spirit working in people’s hearts. Anyone who truly knows God as Father knows Him because Jesus has opened their eyes.

Question 5

Why does Jesus say the disciples’ eyes are blessed in this passage?

Accepted Answer

Jesus tells the disciples their eyes are blessed because they are seeing and hearing things that God’s people had been waiting for over many generations. They are watching the Messiah in person, hearing His teaching, and seeing the kingdom of God begin to break into the world through His works. Earlier prophets and kings trusted God’s promises and longed for this day, but only saw it through promises and pictures. The disciples actually live in the time when those promises are being fulfilled in front of them.

Question 6

What does it mean that many prophets and kings desired to see what the disciples saw?

Accepted Answer

When Jesus says many prophets and kings desired to see what the disciples saw, He points back to the faithful people under the old covenant. They heard God’s promises about a coming Savior and a fuller deliverance from sin and curse. They trusted those promises and were at peace, but they still longed for a clearer, nearer view. They saw Christ only from far off, in shadows and figures. The disciples, by contrast, walk with Him, hear His voice, and watch the plan of God unfold in clear daylight.

Question 7

How does this passage show the difference between the old and new covenants?

Accepted Answer

This passage hints at the difference in how clearly God’s plan is shown. Under the old covenant, the fathers had promises, sacrifices, and signs. These pointed forward to Christ, but did not show Him plainly. It was like seeing through a veil. In this passage, Jesus says the disciples see and hear what prophets and kings only desired. With Jesus present, the veil is pulled back. The person of the Messiah, His teaching, and the beginning of His kingdom are openly seen, not just pictured through symbols.

Question 8

How can a believer today apply the idea of God revealing truth to babes?

Accepted Answer

This teaches us to come to God with a childlike heart. Instead of trusting our education, success, or good works, we admit that we are needy and dependent on His mercy. We should not look down on simple believers or think God’s truth is only for the clever. We can pray for a humble spirit, ready to receive God’s word, and to obey it. We also learn to thank God that if we see anything of Christ clearly, it is because He kindly opened our eyes, not because we were better than others.

Question 9

What was happening just before Jesus spoke these words to His disciples?

Accepted Answer

Right before this, Jesus had sent out seventy of His followers to preach the kingdom of God, heal the sick, and announce that His reign was near. They returned full of joy, saying that even demons were subject to them through His name. Jesus answered that He saw Satan fall like lightning as the gospel went out, but He told them to rejoice more that their names were written in heaven. This leads straight into His prayer of thanks and His words about revelation and the blessedness of the disciples’ eyes.

Luke 10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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Luke 10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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