All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
[And turning to his disciples he said] The words in brackets are in the Received Text of Stephens though [And turning to his disciples, he said,] The words in brackets are in the Received Text of Stephens, though not of the Elzevirs, nor in Beza's text; and our version, which in some places follows Beza's text in preference to the other, omits them here. But the authority for the insertion of them is preponderating. Tischendorf inserts them, though Tregelles does not.
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. This sublime utterance has been regarded by some acute harmonists as but a repetition by Luke of what is recorded in Matthew 11:25-27, and so, as spoken only once. But besides that the occasions were not the same, the words in the First Gospel merely are, "Jesus answered and said," whereas here they are, "Jesus exulted in spirit, and said." If this should be thought of less moment, let it be observed that there it is merely said, "At that time," or 'season' х kairoo (G2540)]. He spoke thus-with a general reference to the rejection of His Gospel by the self-sufficient: whereas here it is, "In that hour Jesus said," with express reference probably to the humble class from which He had to draw the Seventy, and the similar class that had chiefly welcomed their message.