Mark 9:36

36 And he took a young child [and] had him stand {among them}. And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

Mark 9:36 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:36

And he took a child
Which was in the house, and which he called unto him, and set by him, as the other evangelists observe:

and set him in the midst of them;
his disciples, that all might see and learn from this instance;

and when he had taken him in his arms;
and embraced him, to show his great regard to humility, and humble persons:

he said unto them;
the following words.

Mark 9:36 In-Context

34 But they were silent, because they had argued with one another on the way [about] who [was] greatest.

35 And he sat down [and] called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all."

36 And he took a young child [and] had him stand {among them}. And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

37 "Whoever welcomes one of the young children such as these in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but the one who sent me."

38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. Literally "in the midst of them"