Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 19:15

"And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence." — Matthew 19:15 (ASV)

He did not baptize them, but He did bless them. The touch of His hands meant more than pen can write. Happy children who shared that laying on of hands, for those hands were neither empty nor feeble!

Jesus did not linger even with this lovely company, but hastened on to His appointed work and departed from there. Yet He had said so much in the two sentences of the former verse that earth and heaven will never cease to be the richer for them.