Luke 18:15 - Exposition

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them . Our Lord's noticing children is several times alluded to in the Gospels. There was something evidently in his look and manner which singularly attracted little ones to him. SS . Matthew and Mark both recount this blessing of the children immediately after the teaching on divorce. Our Lord thus sanctifies the bond of marriage and its legitimate offspring. It was a silent but powerful reply to the mistaken inference which his disciples had drawn from his words. They had said, "It is not good to marry" ( Matthew 19:10 ). But when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them . Something of what the Master had said concerning the marriage state affected the disciples. Had he not just (see Matthew 19:10-12 ) been claiming high honour for the solitary life where there were no family ties to claim attention? Surely, then, these women and their children had better stand aloof: what had that grave and earnest Teacher of theirs to do with these? He had higher and more important matters on his mind f