All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
27. All things have been delivered to me. The connection of this sentence with the preceding one is not correctly understood by those commentators who think that Christ intends nothing more than to strengthen the confidence of his disciples for preaching the Gospel. My opinion is, that Christ spoke these words for another reason, and with another object in view.
When all around is discouraging, cities in ruin, most men careless of their own happiness, Christ looks upward and gives thanks: though Israel be not gathered, yet shall He be glorious. His thanksgiving for the remnant of babes who receive the gospel is the sovereign cordial that silences drooping souls and defeats the melancholy of grief and fear.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 11:25-30
Come unto me,.... Christ having signified, that the knowledge of God, and the mysteries of grace, are only to be come at through him; and that he has all things relating to the peace, comfort, happiness, and salvation of men in his hands, kindly invites and encourages souls to come unto him for the same: by which is meant, not a local coming, or a...