Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 11:26

"yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight." — Matthew 11:26 (ASV)

Far from finding fault with his Father’s revealing and concealing, Jesus delighted in it. Whatever pleases his Father pleases him. Jesus could simultaneously denounce the cities that did not repent and praise the God who does not reveal; for God’s sovereignty in election is not mitigated by human stubbornness and sin, while human responsibility is in no way diminished by God’s “good pleasure” that sovereignly reveals and conceals.