He was moved with indignation (ηγανακτησεν). In Mark alone. The word is ingressive aorist, became indignant, and is a strong word …

Saw it. Saw the conduct of his disciples.

Was much displeased. Because:

1. It was a pleasure to him to …

He was much displeased.—The word, as used by our Lord, is peculiar to Mark; Matthew uses it of the disciples ([Reference Matthew 2…

Many of them enter that kingdom, and all who, some think, must be like them. The child is not the hardest subject of conversion; no, rather:

Theophylact of Ohrid: The wickedness of the Pharisees in tempting Christ was related previously, and now the great faith of…

Jesus was “indignant” (GK 24) when he realized that the disciples thought children were unimportant and bothersome. Mark never softens the human em…

But when Jesus saw it
Observed that his disciples reproved those that brought their children to him,

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Some parents or nurses brought little children to Christ, so that he might touch them as a token of his blessing them. It does not appear that they…