ACC ~ Mark 11 v33

READINESS TO SEEK TRUTH AFFECTS ITS DISCLOSURE

BEDE: It is as if Jesus had said: “I will not tell you what I know, since you will not confess what you know.” [1] In this way knowledge is hidden from those who wrongly seek it principally for two reasons: first, when the one who seeks it does not have sufficient capacity to understand what he is seeking for, and second, when through contempt for the truth one is unworthy of having the subject of his inquiry explained to him. … So these critics were most justly set aback. They retreated in disgrace. EXPOSITION ON THE GOSPELS OF MARK 3.11.33. [2]

[1] Mt 21:27; Mk 11:33; Lk 20:8.

[2] Cetedoc 1355, 3.11.1589; CCL 120:582-83; GMI 286*; cf. HOG 2:220. Knowledge is hidden from those who seek it wrongly.