Luke 9:47 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:47

But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,

KJV

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 54 (444)

What kind of type and representation did he make the child he had taken? He made the child a representation of an innocent and humble life. The mind of a child is empty of fraud, and his heart is sincere. His thoughts are simple. He does not covet rank and does not know what is meant by one man being higher than another is.…Christ brought forward the child as a pattern of simplicity and innocence, and set him by him. He showed him as in an object lesson, that he accepts and loves those who are like the child.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This passage we had before, and, the more is the pity, we shall meet with the like again. Ambition of honour, and strife for superiority and precedency, are sins that most easily beset the disciples of our Lord Jesus, for which they deserve to be severely rebuked; they flow from corruptions which they are highly concerned to subdue and mortify,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is a good reason why we should keep up a strict government of our thoughts because Christ takes a strict cognizance of them. Christ will have his disciples to aim at that honour which is to be obtained by a quiet and condescending humility, and not at that which is to be obtained by a restless and aspiring ambition. Christ took a child, and set him by him,

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἰδὼς	eidōs	knowing
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
διαλογισμὸν	dialogismon	reasoning	G1261 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
καρδίας	kardias	heart	G2588 →
αὐτῶν,	autōn	of them,	G846 →
ἐπιλαβόμενος	epilabomenos	having taken hold of	G1949 →
παιδίον	paidion	a child	G3813 →
ἔστησεν	estēsen	set	G2476 →
αὐτὸ	auto	it	G846 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	by	G3844 →
ἑαυτῷ	he'autō	Himself	G1438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
leads to
- Psalms 26:2
  Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Job 31:6
  let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
- Proverbs 17:3
  A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
  Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
Through
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
- Psalms 33:13–15
  The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.