Matthew 13:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος, Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου· ἐρεύξομαι κεκρυμμένα ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου.

Transliteration

So that plērōthē to rhēthen dia tou prophētou, legontos, Anoixō en parabolais to stoma mou· ereuxomai kekrymmena apo katabolēs kosmou.

Grammar Details

• *plērōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled
• *to rhēthen*: accusative, neuter, singular, substantive participle - the thing spoken
• *dia tou prophētou*: through the prophet
• *legontos*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - saying
• *Anoixō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will open
• *en parabolais*: in parables
• *to stoma mou*: accusative, neuter, singular - my mouth
• *ereuxomai*: future middle indicative, 1st person singular - I will utter/declare
• *kekrymmena*: perfect passive participle, accusative, neuter, plural - hidden things
• *apo katabolēs kosmou*: from foundation of world

Word Meanings

• *plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/completed/accomplished
• *rhēthen*: spoken/said/uttered
• *prophētou*: prophet/foreteller
• *Anoixō*: I will open/unclose
• *stoma*: mouth/speech
• *ereuxomai*: I will utter/pour forth/proclaim
• *kekrymmena*: hidden/concealed/secret things
• *katabolēs*: foundation/creation/beginning
• *kosmou*: world/universe/order

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
• Eph 3:9 : 9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
• 1 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake, 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him {G1453} from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
• Matt 13:14 : 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
• Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
• Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, [they] whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.
• Col 1:25-26 : 25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God, 26 [None even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
• 2 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
• Titus 1:2-3 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal; 3 but {G5319} in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
• Matt 21:4-5 : 4 Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Luke 10:14 : 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.
• Acts 15:18 : 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
• Heb 1:1 : 1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
• 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 searching {G1519} what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
• Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.