Col 1:26 | RWP | e4.org | The mystery ( το μυστηριον ). See on for this interesting word from μυστης (initiate), from μυεω , to wink, to blink. The Gnostics talked much of "mysteries." Paul takes their very word (already in common use, ) and uses it for the gospel. Which hath been hid ( το αποκεκρυμμενον ). Perfect passive articular participle from αποκρυπτω , old verb, to hide, to conceal from ( ; ). But now it hath been manifested ( νυν δε εφανερωθη ). First aorist passive indicative of φανεροω , to make manifest ( φανερος ). The construction is suddenly changed (anacoluthon) from the participle to the finite verb.

‏ Colossians 1:26

The mystery ( το μυστηριον ). See on 1Co 2:7 for this interesting word from μυστης (initiate), from μυεω, to wink, to blink. The Gnostics talked much of "mysteries." Paul takes their very word (already in common use, Mt 13:11) and uses it for the gospel.

Which hath been hid ( το αποκεκρυμμενον ). Perfect passive articular participle from αποκρυπτω, old verb, to hide, to conceal from (1Co 2:7; Eph 3:9).

But now it hath been manifested ( νυν δε εφανερωθη ). First aorist passive indicative of φανεροω, to make manifest ( φανερος ). The construction is suddenly changed (anacoluthon) from the participle to the finite verb.