Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Ver. 26. Even so, Father, for so, &c.] Christ being tired out, as it were, by the untractableness of his hearers, turns him to his Father, and comforts himself with the consideration of his most wise decree and counsel: so must we in like case, accounting that we are a sweet savour unto God howsoever, even in them that perish, and that God shall have his end upon them, though we have not ours,2 Corinthians 2:15 .