Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 10:21 - 10:21

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In that same hour (en autēi tēi hōrāi). Literally, “at the hour itself,” almost a demonstrative use of autos (Robertson, Grammar, p. 686) and in Luke alone in the N.T. (Luk 2:38; Luk 10:21; Luk 12:12; Luk 20:19). Mat 11:25 uses the demonstrative here, “at that time” (en ekeinōi tōi kairōi).

Rejoiced in the Holy Spirit (ēgalliasato tōi pneumati tōi hagiōi). First aorist middle of the late verb agalliaō for agallō, to exult. Always in the middle in the N.T. save Luk 1:47 in Mary’s Magnificat. This holy joy of Jesus was directly due to the Holy Spirit. It is joy in the work of his followers, their victories over Satan, and is akin to the joy felt by Jesus in Joh 4:32-38 when the vision of the harvest of the world stirred his heart. The rest of this verse is precisely like Mat 11:25., a peculiarly Johannine passage in Matthew and Luke, but not in Mark, and so from Q (the Logia of Jesus). It has disturbed critics who are unwilling to admit the Johannine style and type of teaching as genuine, but here it is. See note on Mat 11:25 for discussion. “That God had proved his independence of the human intellect is a matter for thankfulness. Intellectual gifts, so far from being necessary, are often a hindrance” (Plummer).