Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words, It is an historical fact which has not been sufficiently noticed, that human nature is always below revelation. This fact indicates the Divine origin of revelation. Great discoveries are usually the product of preceding ages of thought. One mind develops the idea; but it is the fruit of the age ripened in that mind. A pearl is found, but the location had been indicated by previous researches. But revealed religion is something different from this. It is separate from and superior to the thought of the age. It calls the wisdom of the world foolishness, and introduces a new standpoint, and starting point, around which it gathers what was valuable in the old, and destroys the remainder. (J. B. Walker.) Parallel Verses KJV: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,WEB: how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words, |
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