John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 18:2 - 18:2

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John Bengel Commentary - Matthew 18:2 - 18:2


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Mat 18:2. Παιδίον, a little child) A diminutive, to rebuke the disciples who sought great things. It is said to have been Ignatius-ὁ θεοφόρος.[804] Without doubt it must have been a child of excellent disposition and sweetest appearance who was then present by Divine appointment.-ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, in the midst of them) see Gnomon on Mar 9:36.

[804] Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the meaning of this word: some rendering it “one who was carried by GOD,” in allusion to the circumstance mentioned in the text; others explaining it to mean “one who carried GOD always about with him, sc. in his heart.”-(I. B.)