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Chapter
XV.—Matthew XI. 25
Discussed.
And Simon, being vexed at this, said:
“Blame your own teacher, who said, ‘I thank Thee, Lord of
heaven and earth, that what was concealed from the wise, Thou hast
revealed to suckling babes.’”1386
And Peter said:
“This is not the way in which the statement was made; but I
shall speak of it as if it had been made in the way that has seemed
good to you. Our Lord, even if He had made this statement,
‘What was concealed from the wise, the Father revealed to
babes,’ could not even thus be thought to point out another God
and Father in addition to Him who created the world. For it is
possible that the concealed things of which He spoke may be those of
the Creator (Demiurge) himself; because Isaiah1387
| 1387 The passage
does not occur in Isaiah, but in Ps. lxxviii. 2. The words are quoted not from the
LXX., but from the Gospel of Matthew (xiii. 35), where in somemss. they are attributed to Isaiah. See Uhlhorn, p.
119. | says, ‘I will open my mouth in
parables, and I will belch forth things concealed from the foundation
of the world.’ Do you allow, then, that the prophet was not
ignorant of the things concealed, which Jesus says were concealed from
the wise, but revealed to babes? And how was the Creator
(Demiurge) ignorant of them, if his prophet Isaiah was not ignorant of
them? But our Jesus did not in reality say ‘what was
concealed,’ but He said what seems a harsher statement; for He
said, ‘Thou hast concealed these things from the wise,
and1388
| 1388 The
words in italics are omitted in the mss.; but
the context leaves no doubt that they were once in the text. | hast revealed them to sucking
babes.’ Now the word ‘Thou hast concealed’
implies that they had once been known to them; for the key of the
kingdom of heaven, that is, the knowledge of the secrets, lay with
them.
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