{Rebuked them} (epetim(8873)en autois). No doubt people did
often crowd around Jesus for a touch of his hand and his
blessing. The disciples probably felt that they were doing Jesus
a kindness. How little they understood children and Jesus. It is
a tragedy to make children feel that they are in the way at home
and at church. These men were the twelve apostles and yet had no
vision of Christ's love for little children. The new child world
of today is due directly to Jesus.