New American Standard Bible 1995

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Luke

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"All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"All things all, every Adj-NNP H3956 πάντα panta
have been handed over to hand over, to give or deliver over, to betray V-AIP-3S H3860 παρεδόθη paredothē
to Me by My Father, a father N-NMS H3962 πατρός patros
and no one no one, none Adj-NMS H3762 οὐδεὶς oudeis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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knows to come to know, recognize, perceive V-PIA-3S H1097 γινώσκει ginōskei
who who? which? what? IPro-NMS H5101 τίς tis
the Son a son N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
is except if not H1508    
the Father, a father N-NMS H3962 πατήρ patēr
and who who? which? what? IPro-NMS H5101 τίς tis
the Father a father N-NMS H3962 πατὴρ patēr
is except if not H1508    
the Son, a son N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
and anyone to whom usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-DMS H3739 ᾧ ō
the Son a son N-NMS H5207 υἱὸς uios
wills to will V-PSM/P-3S H1014 βούληται boulētai
to reveal to uncover, reveal V-ANA H601 ἀποκαλύψαι apokalupsai
[Him]."      

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."
King James Bible "All All things have been handed over are delivered to Me by My Father, me of my Father: and no one knows man knoweth who the Son is except is, but the Father, Father; and who the Father is except is, but the Son, and anyone he to whom the Son wills to will reveal Him."him.
Berean Bible "All All things have been handed over delivered to Me by My Father, and Father. And no one knows who the Son is is, except the Father, Father; and who the Father is is, except the Son, and anyone those to whom the Son wills might resolve to reveal Him."”
Hebrew Greek English "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."