At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Ver. 25. At that time Jesus answered] Here to answer is to continue to speak. Albeit if we compare herewith Luke 10:21, it may seem to be spoken in answer to the seventy disciples now returning, and relating what they had said and done in their voyage.
" Laetius est quoties magno sibi constat honestum. "
(Lucan.)