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).