Mat 19:15. Ἐπιθεὶς αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας, having laid His hands upon them) as He had been asked to do in Mat 19:13. The imposition of the hand, and more particularly of the hands, was employed for conferring on, and propagating to, human beings, especially children and ministers of the Gospel, bodily blessings and spiritual gifts; see Act 9:12; Heb 6:2; 1Ti 5:22; 2Ti 1:6. Our Lord is not said to have prayed, as He had been asked to do in Mat 19:13, by those forsooth who were not fully aware of His oneness with the Father.