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== "the wise and the learned" == | == "the wise and the learned" == | ||
''for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned'' | ''for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned'' | ||
Of course in the passage, "the wise and learned" are the priests and scribes of Israel who refused to believe Jesus | Of course in the passage, "the wise and learned" are the priests and scribes of Israel who refused to believe Jesus is the Christ (see footnote to [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?27 Mt. 11:25]). In his prayer to the Father, Jesus contrasts them with the "childlike" who do accept him as the Son of God. | ||
Yet, it wasn't so easy for those believing "children," either. In a rational calculation of the strength of the wind, Peter faltered in belief and, but for Jesus, nearly drowned ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/14?30 Mt 14:30]); many if not most of the disciples walked away out of reasonable hygienic caution when Jesus offered them "his flesh to eat" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/14?30 Jn 6:52]); Philip rationally calculated that it would take upward a year's salary to buy enough bread to feed all those people ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?7 Jn 6:7]). On and on until that first, fullest declaration of Jesus as God, by Thomas, who, very adult-like, just wanted a little more proof ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/20:28 Jn 20:28]). | Yet, it wasn't so easy for those believing "children," either. In a rational calculation of the strength of the wind, Peter faltered in belief and, but for Jesus, nearly drowned ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/14?30 Mt 14:30]); many if not most of the disciples walked away out of reasonable hygienic caution when Jesus offered them "his flesh to eat" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/14?30 Jn 6:52]); Philip rationally calculated that it would take upward a year's salary to buy enough bread to feed all those people ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6?7 Jn 6:7]). On and on until that first, fullest declaration of Jesus as God, by Thomas, who, very adult-like, just wanted a little more proof ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/20:28 Jn 20:28]). | ||