Lucas 9:47

47 Mas Jesús, viendo los pensamientos del corazón de ellos, tomó un niño, y le puso junto a sí

Lucas 9:47 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:47

And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart
Not by any words he had heard; for the dispute was on the road, as they came along behind him; but as the omniscient God, who is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he was privy to all their ambition, and the vanity of their minds, and to all their reasonings and debates: though he was before them, and out of the reach of hearing of them: and when he came to Capernaum, after having asked them what they disputed about by the way;

he took a child and set him by him.
The Ethiopic version reads, "before them", the disciples; and Matthew and Mark say, "he set him in the midst of them"; all which were true, Jesus sitting in the midst of them; so, that the child he set by him, was in the middle of them and before them; (See Gill on Matthew 18:2).

Lucas 9:47 In-Context

45 Mas ellos no entendían esta palabra, y les era encubierta para que no la entendieran; y temían preguntarle sobre ella

46 Entonces entraron en disputa, cuál de ellos sería el mayor

47 Mas Jesús, viendo los pensamientos del corazón de ellos, tomó un niño, y le puso junto a sí

48 Y les dice: Cualquiera que recibiere este niño en mi nombre, a mí me recibe; y cualquiera que me recibiere a mí, recibe al que me envió; porque el que fuere el menor entre todos vosotros, éste será grande

49 Entonces respondiendo Juan, dijo: Maestro, hemos visto a uno que echaba fuera demonios en tu nombre; y se lo prohibimos, porque no te sigue con nosotros