Mark 10:16 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 10:16

And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

BSB

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ASV

And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.

KJV

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

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Commentary

5 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

By the Kingdom of God He here means the preaching of the Gospel and the promise of future blessings. Therefore, whoever receives the Divine preaching as a child, that is, without any hesitation and admitting no unbelief in himself, shall enter into the Kingdom of …

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Fitly does He take them up into His arms to bless them, as it were, lifting into His own bosom, and reconciling Himself to His creation, which in the beginning fell from Him, and was separated from Him. Again, He puts His hands upon the children, to teach us the working of His divine power; and indeed, He puts His hands upon them, as others are wont to do, though His operation is not as that of others, for though He was God, He kept to human ways of acting, as being very man.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And he took them up in his arms - One of the Itala reads in sinu suo - “in his bosom.” Jesus Christ loves little children; and they are objects of his most peculiar care. Who can account for their continual preservation and support, while exposed to so many dangers, but on the ground of a peculiar and extraordinary providence? And blessed them - Then, though little children, they were capable of receiving Christ’s blessing. If Christ embraced them, why should not his Church embrace them?

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1925: “Jesus and the Children” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐναγκαλισάμενος	enagkalisamenos	having embraced	G1723 →
αὐτὰ	auta	them	G846 →
κατευλόγει	kateulogei	he was greatly blessing
τιθεὶς	titheis	having laid	G5087 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	on	G1909 →
αὐτά.¶	auta	them.	G846 →

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
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
leads to
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Psalms 23:1–6
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Micah 5:4
  He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…
- Ezekiel 34:23
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- John 10:11–16
  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:3
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
leads to
- Psalms 144:12–15
  Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- Genesis 39:5
  From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned,…
- Haggai 2:19
  Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”