New Testament · Gospel

Matthew 11:27

Come to Me

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27 · Berean Standard Bible

What It Means

Matthew 11:27, in plain English

Jesus declares that the Father has given Him everything, and that only the Father truly knows the Son, and only the Son truly knows the Father. And the Son chooses who gets to know the Father through Him.

Why it's here

This is one of the most profound things Jesus ever said. He is claiming a unique, exclusive relationship with God and offering to share it with you.

Who's speaking

Jesus makes a declaration to the crowd.

Where it sits in the story

Jesus reveals the most intimate truth about Himself: He and the Father share a relationship no one else can fully comprehend. But the incredible news is that He wants to bring you into it.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

Jesus claims that 'all things' (panta) have been delivered to Him by the Father and asserts mutual exclusive knowledge between Father and Son, with the Son having authority to reveal the Father to whomever He chooses.

Language and setting

This verse has been called a 'Johannine thunderbolt' in the Synoptic Gospels due to its high Christology. The mutual knowledge claim (epiginosko) parallels John 10:15 and asserts ontological intimacy between Father and Son.

Voice

Jesus transitions from prayer to proclamation about His unique relationship with the Father.

Significance

Jesus makes an extraordinary theological claim: He alone fully knows the Father, and the Father alone fully knows Him. Access to God comes exclusively through the Son's choice to reveal Him.

In context

Matthew 11:25–29

25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Read all of Matthew 11 — John the Baptist doubts from prison. Cities refuse to repent. And in the middle of it all, Jesus offers rest to the weary.

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