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Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto Me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto Me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Verse Matthew 19:14. _OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN._] Or, _the kingdom_ _of heaven is composed of such_. This appears to be the best sense of the passage, and utterly ruins the whole inhuman diab...
JESUS SAID, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, ... - Mark adds, he was much displeased at what the disciples said. It was a thing highly gratifying to him, and which he earnestly sought, that children should be...
7. DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE. Concerning Divorce. Little Children Blessed and the Rich Young Man. CHAPTER 19 1. The Departure from Galilee. (Matthew 19:1 .) 2. Concerning Divorce. (Matthew 19:3 .) 3....
JESUS BLESSES THE CHILDREN (Mark 10:13 *, Luke 18:15). Mt. omits the more active human touches given in Mk., that Jesus was angry with the disciples and that He puts His arms round the children. Mark...
Children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them, and pray for them. The disciples spoke sternly to them. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
FORBID. hinder. OF SUCH IS: or, to such belongeth (in Eng. idiom): so Tyndale....
Little Children are brought to Christ Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17. In Luke the incident is placed immediately after the parable of the Pharisee and Publican; there it is an illustration of humility...
_of such is the kingdom of heaven_ Love, simplicity of faith, innocence, and above all, humility, are the ideal characteristics of little children, and of the subjects of the kingdom....
ΤΩ͂Ν ΓᾺΡ ΤΟΙΟΎΤΩΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. Love, simplicity of faith, innocence, and above all, humility, are the ideal characteristics of little children, and of the subjects of the kingdom....
LITTLE CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT TO CHRIST Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17 In Luke the incident is placed immediately after the parable of the Pharisee and Publican; there it is an illustration of humility....
VER 13. THEN WERE THERE BROUGHT UNTO HIM LITTLE CHILDREN, THAT HE SHOULD PUT HIS HANDS ON THEM, AND PRAY: AND THE DISCIPLES REBUKED THEM. 14. BUT JESUS SAID, "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, AND FORBID THEM N...
_WISDOM FROM ABOVE CONCERNING CHILDREN MATTHEW 19:13-15:_ It was only natural that the Lord would move from the topic of marriage to discuss children. Wise parent will always desire the blessings of t...
ΆΦΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) позволять, ΚΩΛΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΩΛΎΩ (G2967) мешать. _Praes. imper._ с отр. ΜΉ (G3361) используется для остановки прогрессирующего действия, ΈΛ...
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, &C.— _Let the little children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to me._ See Dr. Scott, Doddridge, &c. Christ's shewing his regard in such a manner for these children, m...
SECTION 48 JESUS BLESSES THE LITTLE CHILDREN (Parallels: Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17) TEXT: 19:13-15 13 Then were there brought to him little children, that he should lay his hands on them, and pra...
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 18:15....
3-12 Compare Mar_10:2-12. 4 Compare Gen_1:27. See Mal_2:15. 4 Man was originally bi-sexual. Adam had both male and female functions (Gen_1:27). Before the woman was taken out of Adam, the sexes were...
19:14 hinder (f-10) Or 'forbid not.'...
CHRIST AND LITTLE CHILDREN (Mark 10:13; Luke 18:15). A touching incident teaching the same lesson as the birth and infancy of Jesus Himself, viz. the sanctity of childhood. The disciples thought that...
THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE. THE RICH YOUNG MAN 1, 2. End of the Galilean ministry. The Peræn ministry begins (Mark 10:1; Luke 9:51 cp. Luke 17:11). The time was now late summer of 28 a.d. The Passion was...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 19:1-12 V1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left the Galilee region. He went to the other sid...
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, AND FORBID THEM NOT ... — St. Mark adds that Jesus “was much displeased,” and represents Him as reproducing almost verbally the teaching of Matthew 18:3. The tenderness of His...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
ἄφετε, μὴ κωλύετε : visits of the children never unseasonable; Jesus ever delighted to look on the living emblems of the true citizen of the Kingdom of God; pleased with them for what they were natura...
_Children brought for a blessing_ (Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17)....
HOW TO ENTER THE KINGDOM Matthew 19:13-22 Youth, with all its fervor and impetuosity, is very beautiful in itself and very dear to Christ. Here youth was combined with station, wealth, and noble char...
The Pharisees approached Him with a question concerning divorce. The force of His reply is in the words "from the beginning." He had no opinions apart from the will and intention of God. As God willed...
Jesus said... Suffer the little children, &c. He here blames the conduct of the apostles, and shews that his assertions in praise of virginity, were not meant as derogatory from the holiness of the ma...
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
"Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. (14) But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM_ ‘For of such is the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 19:14 What do we see for ourselves to copy in the matter of childhood? I. WEAKNESS.—Now every little child is, and must be,...
14._Suffer children. _He declares that he wishes to receive _children_; and at length, _taking them in his arms, _he not only embraces, but _blesses _them by the _laying on of hand; _from which we inf...
chapter 19 carries on the subject of the spirit that is suited to the kingdom of heaven, and goes deep into the principles which govern human nature, and of what was now divinely introduced. A questio...
BUT JESUS SAID, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.... This he said to show his humility, that he was not above taking notice of any; and to teach his disciples to regard the weakest believers, and such as were b...
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 14. _For of such is the kingdom_] That is, all the blessings of heaven and ear...
_Then were brought unto him little children_ Luke says, βρεφη, _infants._ It is not said by whom they were brought, but probably it was by their parents or guardians: and herein, 1st, they testified t...
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN; they have great need of me; they can be benefited by me; they are not beneath my notice, and I greatly delight in doing them good. OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; see Matthew...
The setting now is changed from Galilee to Judea, with great crowds following Him, finding healing from their illnesses. But since the Lord Jesus has been announcing a kingdom of a different character...
13-15 It is well when we come to Christ ourselves, and bring our children. Little children may be brought to Christ as needing, and being capable of receiving blessings from him, and having an intere...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 19:15"....
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth therefore, no one will perish; for although any of them be tempted by the most wicked devil, and commit sin, he will quickly return to his Lord. I deem you happy,...
Matthew 19:14 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) Let G863 (G5628) children G3813 come G2064 ...
ANALYSIS OF THE SECTION MATTHEW 19:3 TO MATTHEW 22:46. This whole Section may be analysed as follows: a Jesus' testing commences with a question about divorce. b Jesus questions the Pharisees about...
A PERIOD OF TESTING - JESUS PREPARES FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER - JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM - TRIUMPHAL ENTRY - JESUS IS LORD (19:3-22). Having entered Judaea on the way to Jerusalem for His final visit, Jesu...
THE BASIS OF THE NEW KINGLY RULE IS TO BE HUMILITY - JESUS CALLS YOUNG CHILDREN TO HIM TO BE BLESSED, FOR THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE TO WHOM THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN BELONGS (19:13-15). A change of...
‘But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and forbid them not to come to me, for of such is the kingly rule of heaven.” ' Jesus' however, immediately disabuses them and tells them to allow the chil...
Matthew 19:14. SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN, etc. The natural impulse would be to bring children to Him, do not check it. FORBID THEM NOT, as the disciples did, and many since then. TO SUCH BELONGETH...
This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and Mark....
SUFFER (αφετε). "Leave them alone." Second aorist active imperative.FORBID THEM NOT (μη κωλυετε). "Stop hindering them." The idiom of μη with the present imperative means just that.OF SUCH (των...
KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
Matthew 19:14 A Christian must be like a little child. There is very great cause why we should press this thought upon ourselves now. For we are fallen on most unchildlike days. The very children are...
All sorts of persons are invited to come to Christ, whatever their age may be. We begin here with the children. Matthew 19:13. Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his...
CONTENTS: Christ and the divorce question. Little children blessed. The rich young ruler. Apostles' future place in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, rich young ruler. CONCLUSION: God Himse...
Matthew 19:3. _The pharisees also came tempting him._ These men professed perfection of morality, and of worship; and their object was to tempt our Lord to sin, by giving his sanction to a law of cust...
LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME. Jesus treated women, children, and men the same way. All people were equally important to him. BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. The love, humility and trust of a child shoul...
_Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up._ WAY SEED DEVOURED BY BIRDS The birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:- 1. The first belongs...
_Then were there brought unto Him little children._ THE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST I. They need the Saviour. 1. AS children, they are within the covenant and provisions of grace. 2. They are naturally bl...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:14 TO SUCH BELONGS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. See notes on 18:2–4; 18:5–6....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:1 The Galilean ministry has now ended. Jesus and his disciples begin the journey to Jerusalem. ⇐...
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
1-30 CHAPTER 19 _And it came to pass_, &c. This is the same history as that related by S. Mark (Mark 10:1), by S. Luke (Luke 9:51), and, as it would seem, by S. John (vii. 1). So Jansen, Francis Luca...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 19:13. THEN.—The concurrence of St. Matthew and St. Mark seems to show that this occurrence is immediately connected in point of time with that narrated in the preceding verse...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea (Matthew 19:1); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards J...
1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 S
Suffer [α φ ε τ ε]. Lit., leave alone. Compare Mark 14:6; Mark 14:36; Luke 13:8. Sir J. Cheke : Let these children alone....
Of such is the kingdom of heaven — Little children, either in a natural or spiritual sense, have a right to enter into my kingdom. Matthew 18:3....