Lucas 9:47

47 Pero Jesús conocía lo que ellos pensaban, así que trajo a un niño y lo puso a su lado.

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 Sin embargo, ellos no entendieron lo que quiso decir. El significado de lo que decía estaba oculto de ellos, por eso no pudieron entender y tenían miedo de preguntarle.

46 El más importante en el reino
Entonces los discípulos comenzaron a discutir entre ellos acerca de quién era el más importante.

47 Pero Jesús conocía lo que ellos pensaban, así que trajo a un niño y lo puso a su lado.

48 Luego les dijo:

49 Uso del nombre de Jesús
Juan le dijo a Jesús:
—Maestro, vimos a alguien usar tu nombre para expulsar demonios, pero le dijimos que no lo hiciera porque no pertenece a nuestro grupo.