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Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them unto Him and said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
But Jesus called them unto Him and said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
See the notes at Matthew 19:13....
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
JESUS BLESSES THE CHILDREN (Mark 10:13 *, Matthew 19:13 *). Lk. makes the children babes....
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
People were bringing even their babies to Jesus that he might touch them. When the disciples saw it they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him saying, "Let the little children come to me, and don...
JESUS. See App-98. LITTLE CHILDREN. App-108. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. App-112 and App-114....
_called them_ St Mark adds that Jesus was much displeased with the officious interference of the disciples who so little understood His tenderness. _Suffer little children_ Rather, THE LITTLE CHILDRE...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
ΠΡΟΣΕΚΑΛΈΣΑΤΟ. St Mark adds that Jesus was much displeased with the officious interference of the disciples who so little understood His tenderness. ΤΩ͂Ν ΓᾺΡ ΤΟΙΟΎΤΩΝ. Because children are meek, humbl...
JESUS AND THE CHILDREN. A LESSON OF HUMILITY...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
par VER 15. AND THEY BROUGHT TO HIM ALSO INFANTS, THAT HE WOULD TOUCH THEM: BUT WHEN HIS DISCIPLES SAW IT, THEY REBUKED THEM. 16. BUT JESUS CALLED THEM TO HIM, AND SAID, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO CO...
ΠΡΟΣΕΚΑΛΈΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΈΩ (G4341) призывать, созывать, ΆΦΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) позволять. ΈΡΧΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf., см._ Luke 18:3. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняе...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Pushy (Luke 18:15-17) 15 Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16But Jesus called them to...
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. BUT JESUS CALLED THEM UNTO HIM, AND SAID. In Mark, however,...
15-11 Compare Mat_19:13-15; Mar_10:13-16; Mat_18:3. 15 It was customary for rabbis and great teachers to invoke a blessing on those who desired it, especially on children who were not mature enough to...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
JESUS AND THE CHILDREN (Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
(15-17) AND THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM ALSO INFANTS. — See Notes on Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13. St. Luke, for some reason or other (possibly because he had recorded like teaching in Luke 16:18), omits the p...
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME. — The close agreement with St. Mark in this and the following verse, makes it probable that this is one of the passages which St. Luke derived from personal com...
προσεκαλέσατο, called, speaking to those who carried the infants. Lk. omits the annoyance of Jesus at the conduct of the Twelve, noted by Mk. Decorum controls his presentation not only of Jesus but of...
SOME SYNOPTICAL INCIDENTS OF THE LATER TIME. Lk., who has for some time followed his own way, now joins the company of his brother evangelists. The section following is skilfully connected with what g...
_The little ones brought to Jesus_ (Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16). τὰ βρέφη : for παιδία in parallels = infants, sucklings, often in Lk.'s writings; the καὶ preceding naturally means “even,” sugges...
THOSE WHOM GOD ACCEPTS Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when we attr...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
(5) But Jesus (g) called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (5) The elect children of the faithful are included...
THE LITTLE ONES Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16. _“And they were bringing little children to Him, that He may touch them; and His disciples were rebuking those bringing them.”_ Matthew
4. _The Children brought to Jesus: Luke 18:15-17_. VERS. 15-17. It is here that Luke's narrative rejoins Matthew's (Matthew 19:14) and Mark's (Mark 10:13), after having diverged from them at...
(15) And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. (16) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come u...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_LESSONS FROM CHILDREN_ ‘Of such is the kingdom of God.’ Luke 18:16 Christ meant His disciples to understand that there are certain attributes in children which are also marks of a true Christian....
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
BUT JESUS CALLED THEM UNTO HIM,.... Not the disciples, as the Ethiopic version reads, nor the persons that brought the children, but the children themselves; for the antecedent to the relative αυτα, ...
But Jesus called them _unto him_, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Ver. 16. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 19:14 _"_...
_They brought unto him infants_, &c. The contents of these verses we had Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13; where see the notes. The passage very fitly follows the story of the publican, as a confirmation of...
Children brought to Christ; the rich ruler. Matthew 19:13-30....
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
15-17 None are too little, too young, to be brought to Christ, who knows how to show kindness to those not capable of doing service to him. It is the mind of Christ, that little children should be bro...
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Tertullian On Baptism ? The Lord does indeed say, "Forbid them not to come unto me."[190]...
Luke 18:16 But G1161 Jesus G2424 called G4341 (G5666) them G846 said G2036 (G5627) Let G863 ...
‘But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and forbid them not, for to such belongs the Kingly Rule of God.” ' Jesus, however, saw things differently. He told His...
YOUNG CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED BY JESUS (18:15-17). A special example of the humble who will be exalted, and of those who will be ready for the coming of the Son of Man, is now given in the little child...
FROM this point on, Luke's account is strictly parallel with those of Matthew and Mark. He does not, however, mention the locality (Perea). We group the rest of the chapter together, as the events suc...
Luke 18:15-17. CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST. See on Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16. THEIR INFANTS (Luke 18:15). Luke is mor
CALLED (προσεκαλεσατο). Indirect middle aorist indicative, called the children with their parents to himself and then rebuked the disciples for their rebuke of the parents. The language of Jesus is...
Luke 18:16 I. One sense in which this text is true is, that the great company of those who are indeed the Saviour's people is made up of those who resemble little children in certain distinctive featu...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR BABIES TO JESUS. See notes on Matthew 19:13-15. It was the custom for a rabbi to bless babies....
_Suffer little children to come unto Me_ CHRIST’S FAVOUR TO LITTLE CHILDREN DISPLAYED 1. These children were not brought to Christ to be taught, for they were not yet capable of receiving instructi...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:16 LET THE CHILDREN COME. Jesus’ attitude toward children contrasted significantly with that of other religious leaders in Judaism. In most ancient cultures children were regarded...
JESUS BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN MATTHEW 19:13-15; MARK 10:13-16; LUKE 18:15-17; MATTHEW 19:13 Then were there brought unto hi
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_Suffer the little children to come unto Me._ The Arabic: For the kingdom of God is theirs who are like them" not in infancy but in innocence, simplicity, humility. So Bede. "He does not say theirs, b...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:15. ALSO INFANTS.—Rather, “their babes” (R.V.). In Matthew and Mark we read “little children.” TOUCH THEM.—Matthew has “that He should put His hands on them and pray.” Luke 1...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Corinthians 7:14; 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Chronicles 20:13;...
Suffer. See on Matthew 19:14. Only Mark notes the taking in his arms. 18 - 30. Compare Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 20:1-16; Mark 10:17-3
Calling them — Those that brought the children: of such is the kingdom of God — Such are subjects of the Messiah's kingdom. And such as these it properly belongs to....