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Mat_13:11. Δέδοται ] by God, through the unfolding, that is, of your inward powers of perception, not merely by means of the exposition (Weizsäcker, p. 413). The opposite condition, Mat_13:13.
γνῶναι ] even without the help of parabolic illustration, although previous to the outpouring of the Spirit, nay, previous to the second coming (1Co_13:9 f.), this would always be the case only to an imperfect degree.
τὰ μυστ . τ . βας . τ . οὐραν .] the secret things of the Messiah’s kingdom, things which refer to the Messiah’s kingdom. They are called μυστήρια , because their ἀποκάλυψις was now being brought about for the first time by means of the gospel. Comp. note on Rom_11:25; Rom_16:25. They are the purposes that are hid in God, which man can only know by the help of divine teaching, and which the gospel unveils.
ἐκείνοις δὲ οὐ δέδοται ] is still to be connected with ὅτι (because).