Luke 10:21

The Son Reveals the Father

21 In that same hour He^[a] rejoiced in the Holy^[b] Spirit and said, "I praise ^[c] You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure. ^[d]

Luke 10:21 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit
In his human soul: his heart was filled with joy, not so much at the success of the seventy disciples, and the subjection of the devils to them, as in the view he had of the spread of the Gospel, and of the revelation and application of the truths of it to multitudes of mean and despicable persons, while it was rejected by the wise and learned; and particularly at the sovereign and distinguishing grace of God towards the elect, whose names are written in heaven; upon the mention of which his soul was so affected, that he broke out in, an exulting strain, into thanksgivings to God, in the following manner,

and said, I thank thee, O Father
In three ancient copies of Beza's, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions it is read, "in the Holy Spirit"; and the Persic version reads, "he spake, or confabulated with the Holy Spirit": but the former reading and sense are best. (See Gill on Matthew 11:25) (See Gill on Matthew 11:26)

Luke 10:21 In-Context

19 Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

20 However, don't rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

21 In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal Him."

23 Then turning to His disciples He said privately, "The eyes that see the things you see are blessed!

Footnotes

• [a]. Other mss read Jesus
• [b]. Other mss omit Holy
• [c]. Or thank, or confess
• [d]. Lit was well-pleasing in Your sight