Mark 10:16 Meaning and Explanation
“And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 10:16 Mean?
The scene closes not with argument but with embrace. Mark uses a rare and tender word: Jesus took the children up in his arms, then did what the parents had hoped for and more, laying his hands on them and blessing them.
They asked for a touch; he gave an embrace. That is his way with the small and the powerless, exceeding what was asked. The arms that gather these children are the same arms soon to be stretched out for them, and for us, at Jerusalem.
Mark 10:16 in the Original Language
enagkalizomai (ἐναγκαλίζομαι), 'took them up in his arms' -- to gather into one's arms, a word found only in Mark.
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What does Mark 10:16 mean?
Jesus gathers the children up in his arms, lays his hands on them, and blesses them.