Mark 9:36

Mark 9:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
• New International Version (NIV)He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them,

Context of Mark 9:36

34But they did not say anything. They did not want to tell Jesus why they were arguing. On the way, they had argued about who was the most important disciple. 35Jesus sat down. He told the 12 apostles to come to him. Then he said to them, ‘If you want to be the leader, make yourself less important than everyone else. You must become the servant of everyone.’ Then Jesus brought a child to stand in the middle of them all. He took hold of the child and he said to the disciples, 37‘If someone accepts a child like this because of me, then that person also accepts me. If he accepts me, then he is not only accepting me. He is also accepting my Father God, who sent me.’ 38John said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we saw a man who was causing bad spirits to go out of people. He was using your authority to do it. But he is not in our group. So we told him that he must not do it.’

Mark 9:36 word by word

καὶ λαβὼν παιδίον ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐναγκαλισάμενος αὐτὸ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• a childπαιδίονpaidion · childG3813
• and setἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the midstμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• when he had takenἐναγκαλίζομαιenagkalizomai · to embraceG1723
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004

Cross-references for Mark 9:36

• Mark 10:16Then Jesus took hold of the children. He put his hands on each of them and he asked God to bless them.
• Matthew 18:2Jesus called a child to come to him. He made the child stand in the middle of them all.
• Matthew 19:14Jesus said to them, ‘Do not stop the children. Let them come to me. People must become like these children so that God can rule their lives. That is what the kingdom of heaven is like.’

Commentaries on Mark 9:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33-37Verses 33-37 See the notes at Matthew 18:1-5.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-40Verses 30-40 The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful. Still observe that when Christ spake of his death, he always spake of his resurrection, which took the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken the grief of it from his disciples. Many…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-37In the time of Jesus, people did not view children as especially innocent or pure. Instead, they saw them as weak and of low status. Jesus said that people should receive a child in his name (that is, as his representative). Welcoming a child shows humility. It means choosing a low place and serving others (9:35; see also 10:13–16). Other teachings of Jesus show that how people receive or reject his followers is the same as how they receive or reject him…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. And he took a child--"a little child" (Mt 18:2); but the word is the same in both places, as also in Lu 9:47. and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms--This beautiful trait is mentioned by out Evangelist alone. he said unto them--Here we must go to Matthew (Mt 18:3, 4) for the first of this answer: "Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:36

• Ambition
• Children
• Humility
• Jesus, the Christ
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Foam
• Rising
• Teach
• Unbelief
• Worm
• Criticism of the Bible
• Gesture
• Jesus Christ
• John, the Apostle
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings