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Mat_18:2. Παιδίον ] According to Nicephorus, ii. 35, the child in question is alleged to have been St. Ignatius. Chrysostom correctly observes that it is a little child ( σφόδρα παιδίον ); τὸ γὰρ τοιοῦτον παιδίον καὶ ἀπονοίας καὶ δοξομανίας κ . βασκανίας κ . φιλονεικείας κ . πάντων τῶν τοιούτων ἀπήλλακται παθῶν , καὶ πολλὰς ἔχον τὰς ἀρετὰς , ἀφέλειαν , ταπεινοφ ροσύνην , ἀπραγμοσύνην , ἐπʼ οὐδενὶ τούτων ἐπαίρεται . Comp. Mar_9:36; Luk_9:47.