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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Luke 18:15 - 18:15
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Luk 18:15-17. Little children brought to Christ.
infants - showing that some, at least, of those called in Matthew (Mat 19:13) and Mark (Mar 10:13) simply “little” or “young children,” were literally “babes.”
touch them - or, as more fully in Matthew (Mat 19:13), “put His hands on them and pray,” or invoke a “blessing” on them (Mar 10:16), according to venerable custom (Gen 48:14, Gen 48:15).
rebuked them - Repeatedly the disciples thus interposed to save annoyance and interruption to their Master; but, as the result showed, always against the mind of Christ (Mat 15:23; Luk 18:39, Luk 18:40). Here, it is plain from our Lord’s reply, that they thought the intrusion a useless one, as infants were not capable of receiving anything from Him. His ministrations were for grown people.