Mateo 13:35

35 Para que se cumpliera lo que fue dicho por el profeta, que dijo: Abriré en parábolas mi boca; Rebosaré cosas escondidas desde la fundación del mundo

Mateo 13:35 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
&c.] Not Isaiah, as some copies in the times of Jerom read, but Asaph, who is called Asaph the seer, ( 2 Chronicles 29:30 ) which is all one as a prophet; vision is one sort of prophecy ^F4; and there was such a thing as prophesying with harps, psalteries and cymbals, as well as in other ways, and with which Asaph and his sons are said to prophesy, ( 1 Chronicles 25:1-3 ) so that he is very rightly called a prophet by the evangelist, who is cited, as

saying,
( Psalms 78:2 )

I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things which have
been kept secret from the foundation of the world:
which Psalm, though a history of the dealings of God with the people of Israel, and of the many deliverances wrought for them, yet as the ^F5 Jewish writers observe, contain many things in it, expressed in a parabolical and enigmatical way; such as God's furnishing a table in the wilderness, kindling a fire against Jacob, opening the doors of heaven, giving the corn of heaven, and angels' food, and delivering his strength into captivity; and besides, the very historical facts recorded of the people of Israel, were types of things future under the Gospel dispensation: now as Asaph, by divine inspiration, delivered these parables and dark sayings, so Christ expressed the Gospel, and the mysteries of it, in a parabolical way, which were hid in God, and under the shadows of the law; and so were kept secret from the beginning of the world, and from the multitude, though now made known to the apostles, and by them to others, according to the will of God.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 R. David Kimchi, Shorash. rad. (hzx) .
F5 Aben Ezra & Kirachi in loc.

Mateo 13:35 In-Context

33 Otra parábola les dijo: El Reino de los cielos es semejante a la levadura que tomándola la mujer, la esconde en tres medidas de harina, hasta que todo se leude

34 Todo esto habló Jesús por parábolas a la multitud; y nada les habló sin parábolas

35 Para que se cumpliera lo que fue dicho por el profeta, que dijo: Abriré en parábolas mi boca; Rebosaré cosas escondidas desde la fundación del mundo

36 Entonces, despedida la multitud, Jesús se vino a casa; y acercándose a él sus discípulos, le dijeron: Decláranos la parábola de la cizaña del campo

37 Y respondiendo él, les dijo: El que siembra la buena simiente es el Hijo del hombre