Matthew 13:35

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

I will open

Psalm 78:2

I will utter

General references

Bible References

I will open

I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,

I will utter

I will incline my ear to a proverb;

I will express my riddle on the harp.

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Surely the Lord God does nothing

Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised

long ages ago,

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

General references

He took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,

Says the Lord, who

makes these things known from long ago.