Matius 13:11

13:11 He replied, ¹  “You have been given ²  the opportunity to know ³  the secrets ⁴  of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Matius 16:13

Peter’s Confession

16:13 When ⁵  Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, ⁶  he asked his disciples, ⁷  “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Kejadian 18:17

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

Yohanes 15:15

15:15 I no longer call you slaves, ⁹  because the slave does not understand ¹⁰  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ¹¹  I heard ¹²  from my Father.

Kisah Para Rasul 10:41

10:41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, ¹³  who ate and drank ¹⁴  with him after he rose from the dead.

¹ tn 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.

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

³ tn 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.

⁴ tn Grk “the mysteries.”

sn The key term secrets (μυστήριον, musthrion) can mean either (1) a new revelation or (2) a revealing interpretation of existing revelation as in Dan 2:17-23, 27-30. Jesus seems to be explaining how current events develop old promises, since the NT consistently links the events of Jesus’ ministry and message with old promises (Rom 1:1-4; Heb 1:1-2). The traditional translation of this word, “mystery,” is misleading to the modern English reader because it suggests a secret which people have tried to uncover but which they have failed to understand (L&N 28.77).

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

⁶ map For location see Map1 C1; Map2 F4.

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

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

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

¹⁰ tn Or “does not know.”

¹¹ tn Grk “all things.”

¹² tn Or “learned.”

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

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