Luke 18:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Jesus called them unto him, and said,Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. ”

• Luke 18:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30 .

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• Luke 18:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (5) But Jesus (g) called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (5) The elect children of the faithful are include...

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• Luke 18:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Blesses the Children ( Mark 10:13-16 *, Matthew 19:13-15 *). Lk. makes the children babes.

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• Luke 18:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Jesus. See App-98. little children . App-108. the kingdom of God . App-112 and App-114.

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• Luke 18:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But Jesus called them unto him , and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

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• Luke 18:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. But Jesus called them unto him, and said. In Mark, ho...

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• Luke 18:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Unjust Judge. The Pharisee and the Publican. The Rich Ruler 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Chris...

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• Luke 18:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (15-17) And they brought unto him also infants. — See Notes on Matthew 19:13-15 ; Mark 10:13-16 . St. Luke, for some reason or other (possibly because he had recorded like teaching in Luke 16:18...

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• Luke 18:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Those Whom God Accepts Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when w...

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• Luke 18:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need...

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• Luke 18:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (15) And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. (16) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come...

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• Luke 18:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  LESSONS FROM CHILDREN ‘Of such is the kingdom of God.’ Luke 18:16 Christ meant His disciples to understand that there are certain attributes in children which are also marks of a true Christ...

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• Luke 18:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But Jesus called them unto him ,.... Not the disciples, as the Ethiopic version reads, nor the persons that brought the children, but the children themselves; for the antecedent to the relative αυτα...

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• Luke 18:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But Jesus called them unto him , and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Ver. 16. See Trapp on " Mat 19:14 "

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• Luke 18:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They brought unto him infants , &c. The contents of these verses we had Matthew 19:13-15 ; Mark 10:13-16 ; where see the notes. The passage very fitly follows the story of the publican, as a c...

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• Luke 18:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believ...

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• Luke 18:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Attention to Children.       15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw...

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• Luke 18:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 18:15 "

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• Luke 18:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Young Children Are Welcomed By Jesus (18:15-17). A special example of the humble who will be exalted, and of those who will be ready for the coming of the Son of Man, is now given in the little ch...

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• Luke 18:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 18:15 . Also infants .—Rather, “their babes” (R.V.). In Matthew and Mark we read “little children.” Touch them .—Matthew has “that He should put His hands on them and pray.”...

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• Luke 18:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 18:16 I. One sense in which this text is true is, that the great company of those who are indeed the Saviour's people is made up of those who resemble little children in certain distinctive f...

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• Luke 18:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 18:1 . And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their...

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• Luke 18:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 18:1 . Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord a...

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• Luke 18:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Suffer little children to come unto Me Christ’s favour to little children displayed 1. These children were not brought to Christ to be taught, for they were not yet capable of receiving instr...

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• Luke 18:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 18:1-42 The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer — the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican. Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end,...

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• Luke 18:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Christ Blesses Little Children.

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• Luke 18:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 14:20 ; 1 Corinthians 7:14 ; 1 Peter 2:2 ; 2 Chronicles 20:13 ; Acts 2:39 ; Deuteronomy 29:11 ; Deuteronomy 31:12 ; Genesis 21:4 ; Genesis 47:10-14 ; Jeremiah 32:39 ; Matthew...

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• Luke 18:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Calling them — Those that brought the children: of such is the kingdom of God — Such are subjects of the Messiah's kingdom. And such as these it properly belongs to.

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