Surely I will conceal nothing from you. I have said, ‘It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. I. Greek “I will not hide from you any word or thing. I said then, It is good to conceal the mystery of the king, but glorious to manifest the works of God. And now, when thou and thy daughter-in-law, Sarra, did pray, I brought forward the memorial of your prayer before the holy one.” Bible.—The angels are represented as God’s ministers, offering our prayers to him. Revelation 8:3. Calmet. Saint Augustine Worthington.—Philo styles them ambassadors. Socrates says, “every demon (or good spirit) is between God and mortals.” Plutarch.—Inter homines cælicolasque, vectores hinc precum, inde donorum. Apuleius de Deo Socrat. Calmet.—Greek continues, “and when thou didst bury the dead, in like manner, I was present with thee; when thou didst not delay to rise and leave thy dinner, that going thou mightest cover the dead; in thy good work, thou wast not hidden from me: but I was with thee. And,” and so forth verse 14. Bible.