And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”
- KJV And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
- NKJV And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”
- NASB And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”
- NLT He also said, “I will put my trust in him,” that is, “I and the children God has given me.”
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Quick answer
Christ is shown trusting God and standing with the children God has given Him. He shares the human posture of faith and gathers God's people as His own.
Overview
Drawing on Isaiah 8:17-18, the author presents Jesus expressing trust in God and identifying believers as 'the children whom God has given me.' These words underscore both Christ's genuine human dependence and His representative role. Believers are presented as a gift from the Father to the Son, a theme echoed elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references · 16
- Isa 8:17–18I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- John 10:29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Gen 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- 1 Cor 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Gen 33:5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
- Ps 36:7–8How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- 2 Sam 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- John 17:6–12I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
- Ps 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- Ps 16:1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Isa 50:7–9Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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