11:26

Yes, Father: Jesus used the word Yes to summarize and confirm what he said in 11:25. In many languages, the word Yes is only used to answer a question. If that is true in your language, you should find another way to translate this word. For example:

Father, you have done that
-or-

⌊My⌋ Father, this is true

for: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates as for indicates that the rest of 11:26 is the reason that God hid things from wise people and revealed them to people who are like children.

Here is another way to translate this conjunction:

because

this was well-pleasing in Your sight: This clause means that it was God’s will to hide those truths from some people and reveal them to others. It was his will/desire to do it that way. It made him happy.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

it pleased you to do it this way (New Living Translation (2004))

-or-

this is what you really wanted (New Century Version)

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