Luke 10:21-24

10:21 On that same occasion ¹  Jesus ²  rejoiced ³  in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise ⁴  you, Father, Lord ⁵  of heaven and earth, because ⁶  you have hidden these things from the wise ⁷  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ⁸  10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. ⁹  No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ¹⁰  to reveal him.”

10:23 Then ¹¹  Jesus ¹²  turned ¹³  to his ¹⁴  disciples and said privately, “Blessed ¹⁵  are the eyes that see what you see! 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see ¹⁶  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

[10:21]  ¹ tn Grk “In that same hour” (L&N 67.1).

[10:21]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:21]  ³ sn Jesus rejoiced. The account of the mission in 10:1-24 ends with several remarks about joy.

[10:21]  ⁴ tn Or “thank.”

[10:21]  ⁵ sn The title Lord is an important name for God, showing his sovereignty, but it is interesting that it comes next to a reference to the Father, a term indicative of God’s care. The two concepts are often related in the NT; see Eph 1:3-6.

[10:21]  ⁶ tn Or “that.”

[10:21]  ⁷ sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31.

[10:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

[10:22]  ⁹ 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.

[10:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.

[10:23]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[10:23]  ¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “turning to the disciples, he said.” The participle στραφείς (strafei") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[10:23]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[10:23]  ¹⁵ sn This beatitude highlights the great honor bestowed on the disciples to share in this salvation, as v. 20 also noted. See also Luke 2:30.

[10:24]  ¹⁶ sn This is what past prophets and kings had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2.