Matthew 13:11

13:11 He replied,¹ “You have been given² the opportunity to know³ the secrets⁴ of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Matthew 16:13

Peter’s Confession

16:13 When⁵ Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi,⁶ he asked his disciples,⁷ “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Genesis 18:17

18:17 Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?⁸

John 15:15

15:15 I no longer call you slaves,⁹ because the slave does not understand¹⁰ what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything¹¹ I heard¹² from my Father.

Acts 10:41

10:41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen,¹³ who ate and drank¹⁴ with him after he rose from the dead.

¹tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).

³tn Grk “to you it has been given to know.” The dative pronoun occurs first, in emphatic position in the Greek text, although this position is awkward in contemporary English.

⁴tn Grk “the mysteries.”

⁵tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶map For location see Map1-C1; Map2-F4.

⁷tn Grk “he asked his disciples, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has been left untranslated.

⁸tn The active participle here refers to an action that is imminent.

⁹tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

¹⁰tn Or “does not know.”

¹¹tn Grk “all things.”

¹²tn Or “learned.”

¹³tn Or “the witnesses God had previously chosen.” See Acts 1:8.

¹⁴sn Ate and drank. See Luke 24:35-49.