Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Matthew 19:15
He laid his hands on them - Mark says he blessed them. That is, he pronounced or sought a blessing on them.
He laid his hands on them - Mark says he blessed them. That is, he pronounced or sought a blessing on them.
Verse Matthew 19:15. _HE - DEPARTED THENCE._] That is, from that part of Judea which was beyond Jordan, Matthew 19:1; and then went to Jericho. See Matthew 20:29....
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...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
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...
_laid his hands on them_ No unmeaning act, therefore infants are capable of receiving a blessing, though not _conscious_of an obligation....
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...
ἘΠΙΘΕῚΣ ΤᾺΣ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑΣ. No unmeaning act, therefore infants are capable of receiving a blessing, though not _conscious_ of an obligation. It is the authorization of infant baptism. St Mark, as often, rec...
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....
_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...
ΈΠΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ, _см._ Matthew 19:13. "После того как он возложил..." ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, уходить....
AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM, &C.— Though the little ones could not profit by our Saviour's instructions, yet being capable of his good wishes and blessings, St. Mark tells us, Mark 10:16. _He took t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM. — St. Mark records, as before, the act of caressing tenderness: “He folded them in His arms, and laid His hands upon them.” The words and the act have rightly been regarded,...
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...
ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν; He departed thence, no indication whence or whither. The results of this meeting are conceivable. Christians may have come out of that company. Mothers would not forget Him who bless...
_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...
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...
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...
AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM,.... "And blessed them", as Mark says; he put his hands upon them, according to the custom of the country, and wished all kind of prosperity to them: AND DEPARTED THENCE...
And he laid _his_ hands on them, and departed thence. Ver. 15. _And he laid his hands on them_] So putting upon them his father's blessing, as Jacob did upon Joseph's sons, whom by this symbol he ado...
_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...
LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM; in token of his blessing them....
Christ's rebuke:...
AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM, AND DEPARTED THENCE. Jesus was openly displeased by the interference of the disciples. Let them alone, He says, do not bother them. To interfere with a child's coming to...
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...
Ver. 14,15. Both Mark and Luke add something to this story. Mark saith, MARK 10:14, When Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbi...
Matthew 19:15 And G2532 laid G2007 hands G5495 on G2007 (G5631) them G846 departed G4198 (G5675) there...
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...
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...
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...
‘And he laid his hands on them, and departed from there.' Having given His disciples this further lesson Jesus then laid His hands on the children, and no doubt prayed for them (as they had asked), be...
This incident seems to be in proper chronological position. Luke's account at this point again becomes parallel to that of Matthew and Mark....
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...
HE PLACED HIS HANDS ON THEM. He blessed them....
_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 19:1 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 7:14; 2 Timothy 3:15; Isaiah 40:11; Mark 10:16...