InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Mat C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
Mat 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V27 V28 V29 V30
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
Used in these topics: Rest and the Sabbath
In this section, Jesus prayed to God. He also invited people who were tired from following the law to come to him for rest.
Here are some other possible headings for this section:
Jesus Offers Rest to People (NCV)
Come to Me and Rest (GNT)
Jesus offers rest to weary people
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
Father, you did this because it was your will/desire.”
My Father, doing it this/that way pleased you.”
Yes, Father: Jesus used the word Yes to summarize and confirm what he said in 11:25. In many languages, the word Yes is only used to answer a question. If that is true in your language, you should find another way to translate this word. For example:
Father, you have done that
My Father, this is true
for: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as for indicates that the rest of 11:26 is the reason that God hid things from wise people and revealed them to people who are like children.
Here is another way to translate this conjunction:
because
this was well-pleasing in Your sight: This clause means that it was God’s will to hide those truths from some people and reveal them to others. It was his will/desire to do it that way. It made him happy.
Here are some other ways to translate this clause:
it pleased you to do it this way (NLT)
this is what you really wanted (NCV)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ναί
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ναί ὁ Πατήρ ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθεν σοῦ)
The word Yes emphasizes that God has indeed done what Jesus said he had in the previous verse. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [You have indeed done that] or [You have done those things]
Note 2 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples
ὁ Πατήρ
¬the Father
Father is an important title that describes the relationship between God the Father and Jesus the Son.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἔμπροσθέν σου
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ναί ὁ Πατήρ ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθεν σοῦ)
The phrase before you indicates that it is well-pleasing according to God’s evaluation or judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your sight] or [in your judgment]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
σου
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ναί ὁ Πατήρ ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθεν σοῦ)
Because Jesus is praying to God the Father, you here is singular.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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