An American Commentary On the New Testament volume 1
An American Commentary On the New Testament volume 1
Alvah Hovey
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So the Memphitic, "for persons of this sort, theirs is the king- dom of heaven. " And the Peshito takes great pains, "for those who are like them, theirs is the kingdom of heaven. " All the Greek com- mentators explain it as meaning the childlike, none of them mentioning children as included, and several expressly stating the contrary. Nor does any Greek commentator, so far as we can find, mention infant baptism in con- nection with the passage, though they all practiced that rite Origen speaks... only of the childlike; and so Cyril: "The new-born child is a symbol of innocence; for the babe is as it were a new creature Christ does not wish us to be without intelligence when he sa3~s. ' For to such belongs (or, of such is) the kingdom of heaven, ' but to be infants in evil, and in intelligence perfect (full-grown). " Chrys. : "Teaching them (the disciples) to he lowly, and to trample under foot worldly pride, he receives them, and takes them in his arms, and to such as them promises the king- dom ; which kind of thing he said before also, " i.
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