John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God." — Mark 10:14 (ASV)
But when Jesus saw it
Observed that his disciples reproved those that brought their children to him,
he was much displeased ;
with his disciples, who took too much upon them; for they ought first, to have known their master's will; whether it was his pleasure to grant the favour desired for these children, and not to have forbid them of themselves:
and said unto them ;
the disciples, as the Persic version reads:
suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for
of such is the kingdom of God ;
or "of them who" are, (Nylh Kya) , "as these", as the Syriac version, renders the words; or, as the Arabic, who "are like to these"; and the Persic, who are "like to these little children"; in innocence and humility; (See Gill on Matthew 19:14).