Matthew 11:26-27

11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ¹  11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ²  No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ³  to reveal him.

¹ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

² sn This verse has been noted for its conceptual similarity to teaching in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined.

³ tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.