“Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;”
This mystery was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets — the mystērion was apokryptos ('hidden') in other generationais (geneas), but nyn apokalyphei ('now has been revealed') to apostoloi kai prophētai ('apostles and prophets') through the pneuma ('Spirit'), the eschatological disclosure of God's purpose.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:5
“Which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it has now been revealed unto His holy Apostles and Prophets in the Spirit.” What then, tell me, did not the Prophets know it? How then does Christ say, that Moses and the Prophets wrote “these things concerning Me?” And again, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” John 5:46 And again, “You search the Scriptures, because ye think that in them you have eternal life, and these are they which bear…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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