Mat 19:13-15 | RWP | e4.org | Rebuked them ( επετιμησεν αυτοις ). No doubt people did often crowd around Jesus for a touch of his hand and his blessing. The disciples probably felt that they were doing Jesus a kindness. How little they understood children and Jesus. It is a tragedy to make children feel that they are in the way at home and at church. These men were the twelve apostles and yet had no vision of Christ's love for little children. The new child world of today is due directly to Jesus.

‏ Matthew 19:13-15

Rebuked them ( επετιμησεν αυτοις ). No doubt people did often crowd around Jesus for a touch of his hand and his blessing. The disciples probably felt that they were doing Jesus a kindness. How little they understood children and Jesus. It is a tragedy to make children feel that they are in the way at home and at church. These men were the twelve apostles and yet had no vision of Christ's love for little children. The new child world of today is due directly to Jesus.

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 τοιουτων ). The childlike as in 18:3f.