47<\/strong>. perceiving the thought of their heart<\/em> ] He asked the subject of their dispute, and when shame kept them silent, He sat down, and calling a little child, made the Twelve stand around while He taught this solemn lesson.<\/p>\n took a child<\/em> ] This could not have been the future martyr St Ignatius, as legend says (Niceph. II. 3), probably by an erroneous inference from his name of Christophoros or Theophoros, which was derived from his telling Trajan that he carried God in his heart (see Ep. ad Smyrn.<\/em> ill. which is of very doubtful genuineness, or Eus. H. E.<\/em> ill. 38).<\/p>\n And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart<\/strong>,…. Not by any words he had heard; for the dispute was on the road, as they came along behind him; but as the omniscient God, who is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he was privy to all their ambition, and the vanity of their minds, and to all their reasonings and debates: though he was before them, and out of the reach of hearing of them: and when he came to Capernaum, after having asked them what they disputed about by the way;<\/p>\n he took a child and set him by him<\/strong>. The Ethiopic version reads, “before them”, the disciples; and Matthew and Mark say, “he set him in the midst of them”; all which were true, Jesus sitting in the midst of them; so, that the child he set by him, was in the middle of them and before them; [See comments on Mt 18:2]<\/span>.<\/p>\n Took a little child <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Second aorist middle participle of the common verb <\/SPAN><\/span>. Strictly, Taking a little child to himself (indirect middle). Mr 9:36<\/span> has merely the active <\/SPAN><\/span> of the simple verb <\/SPAN><\/span>. Set him by his side ( ‘ <\/SPAN><\/span>). “In his arms” Mr 9:36<\/span> has it, “in the midst of them” Mt 18:3<\/span> says. All three attitudes following one another (the disciples probably in a circle around Jesus anyhow) and now the little child (Peter’s child?) was slipped down by the side of Jesus as he gave the disciples an object lesson in humility which they sorely needed. <\/P> <\/p>\n He took a little child [ ] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Strictly, having laid hold of. <\/P> By him [ ] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Lit., by himself. Mark alone records the taking him in his arms.<\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart,” <\/strong>(ho de lesous eidos ton dialogismon tes kardias auton) “Then Jesus knowing the reasoning or debating of their heart,” that they were dividing crowns as He was going to the cross, because He knows what is in man, even his thoughts, and the intents of his heart, Joh 2:24-25<\/span>; Heb 4:12<\/span>. He has Divine omniscience, at all time He knows what is happening, and what one is thinking, Psa 139:2<\/span>; Mat 9:4<\/span>; Mat 12:25<\/span>; Luk 5:22<\/span>; Luk 6:8<\/span>; Luk 11:17<\/span>; Mar 7:21<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2) “Took a child, and set him by him,” <\/strong>(epilabomence paidion estesen auto par heauto) “Took a child and stood it beside himself,” took and stood a small child, of tender years, alongside Himself, as an object lesson, before the presence of the disciples, Mat 18:2<\/span>; Mar 9:36<\/span>. He took the child first “in his arms,” then stood him affectionately before them.<\/p>\n (47) Took a child.<\/strong>Better, laid hold on. ‘But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side, and said to them, “Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me, and whoever shall receive me receives him who sent me.’<\/p>\n When Jesus saw what they were thinking in their hearts, He took a little child and pointed out that the one who wanted to be great should receive such little children in His name, for true greatness consisted in serving the lowly in His name. And whichever of them received such a little child in His name was actually receiving Him, and whoever received Him received Him Who sent Him.<\/p>\n As often His response was indirect, but the more telling for that. His point was that by serving someone, however lowly, in His name they were serving Him, and in serving Him they were serving God, the highest service of all (compare Mat 25:35-40<\/span>). All service therefore that was truly done for His sake was ‘great’. For it was serving God. And all work done out of pride was dross.<\/p>\n Not many people in those days looked on little children as very important. They were expected to keep their place. And as we know, later, when mothers sought to bring their children (not babies) to Jesus, the disciples would have turned them away (Luk 18:15-17<\/span>; Mar 10:13-16<\/span>). They would not have turned away a chief priest or a Scribe, or even a Pharisee, but to them little children were unimportant. So Jesus had then to point out that the little children whom they wanted to turn away were in fact the most important of people, for it was their hearts which were most open to the truth, and by turning them away they were turning away their best opportunity of winning men and women for Christ. But here His point is simply that greatness consists of obeying Him in what most people considered little things. Any humble task done in His name, even the receiving of a little child, makes for greatness, for the one who does the lowest task, without thinking about it or assessing it, is the greatest of all because he is then like Jesus.<\/p>\n Luk 9:47<\/span> . , beside Himself, not , as in Mt. and Mk., as if to say, here is the greater one.<\/p>\n perceiving = having seen. App-133. Not the same word as in Luk 9:45. <\/p>\n thought = reasoning, as in Luk 9:46. <\/p>\n child. App-108. Not the same word as in Luk 9:42. <\/p>\n by = beside. Greek para. App-104. Not the same word as in Luk 9:7. <\/p>\n perceiving: Luk 5:22, Luk 7:39, Luk 7:40, Psa 139:2, Psa 139:23, Jer 17:10, Joh 2:25, Joh 16:30, Joh 21:17, Heb 4:13, Rev 2:23 <\/p>\n took: Mat 18:2-4, Mat 19:13-15, Mar 10:14, Mar 10:15, 1Co 14:20, 1Pe 2:1, 1Pe 2:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 7:17 – thou shalt Mat 9:4 – knowing Mat 22:18 – perceived<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Jesus could always read the thoughts of his disciples.<\/p>\n Jesus used little children on different occasions as object lessons to teach different lessons. Once He used a child to teach that no act of kindness for one of His suffering disciples, whom the child represented, will pass without God’s reward (Mat 10:40-42). On the present occasion Jesus used a child to illustrate two lessons. By standing the child beside Him Jesus gave the child honor. Mark wrote that Jesus took the child in His arms (Mar 9:36). Evidently Jesus did both things.<\/p>\n The first lesson Jesus used this child to illustrate was that His disciples should be as humble as little children (Mat 18:4; Mat 18:6). Luke did not mention that lesson. The second lesson was that acceptable service involves caring about people, even insignificant people such as children (Mat 18:5; Mar 9:37). That is the lesson Luke included in his account of this teaching (Luk 9:48). It reflects his interest in neglected people. A child was the least significant person in Jewish and in Greco-Roman culture. [Note: Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, s.v. "pais," by Albrecht Oepke, 5:639-52.] <\/span><\/p>\n Jesus meant that instead of seeking status for themselves His disciples should give their attention to the needs of people who have no status, people like children. The disciple who ministers to a person with no status as though he or she was ministering to Jesus does indeed minister to Jesus and to God the Father. The principle is that the disciple who is willing to sacrifice personal advancement to serve insignificant people, as the world views people, is truly great in God’s estimation (cf. Mat 25:35-40; Mar 9:41).<\/p>\n And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, 47. perceiving the thought of their heart ] He asked the subject of their dispute, and when shame kept them silent, He sat down, and calling a little child, made the Twelve stand around while He taught this solemn … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 9:47”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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