And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
Ver. 21. Of a child] παιδιοθεν. Neither yet is there any injustice with God, that little ones thus suffer: they are not innocents, but "estranged from the womb, they go astray as soon as they be born,"Psalms 58:3; the first sheet or blanket wherein they are covered is woven of sin, shame, blood, and filth,Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 16:6. Infants have sin, though unable to act it; as Paul's viper, stiff with cold, might be handled without harm, yet was no less venomous. But no sooner can they do anything, but they are evil doing, Ut urtica statim urit, et cancri retrocedunt, et echinus asper est, as young nettles will sting, young crab fish go backward, and as the young urchin is rough, &c.