What Does Mark 10:14 Mean in the King James?
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Jesus’ anger falls on the gatekeepers because the children are already the kind of people God’s governance belongs to.
THE MEANING
You see Jesus’ displeasure wherever access to him is blocked from little children. He receives them, and God’s governance belongs to such as they are.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that children must first become important or capable before they belong near Jesus; they are already welcomed, and the kingdom is of such.
THE ROOT
παιδία
paidia
GROWS FROM
παιδ-
The παιδ- (paid-) family centers on a child or young one.
“little children” in this verse is paidia. The word family connects παιδία (paidia, children) with παιδεία (paideia, upbringing) and παιδεύω (paideuō, to train or educate). Yet Jesus makes no formation a condition for coming: the barrier is what must be removed, and the kingdom already belongs to such as these.
ALSO GROWS
paideia: upbringing, education, instruction
παιδεία
This word shares the παιδ- family and links the child-word to formation; here, belonging comes before any requirement to be fully formed.
paideuō: to train, educate, bring up
παιδεύω
This verb shares the same παιδ- family, while the verse places no training or achievement between the children and Jesus.
βασιλεία
basileia
GROWS FROM
βασιλ-
The βασιλ- (basil-) family names kingship, royal rule, and reign.
“kingdom” in this verse is basileia. Βασιλεία (basileia) carries the sense of kingship or rule as well as the realm ruled. The verse places children within God’s active governance; their welcome is not a prize for maturity.
ALSO GROWS
basileus: king
βασιλεύς
This shares the βασιλ- family and makes the personal source of the rule visible.
basileuō: to reign, rule as king
βασιλεύω
This shares the same family and brings out the active sense of God’s governance in the verse.
THE PATTERN
God’s governance is visible in the welcome given to people the powerful are inclined to overlook.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.THE THREAD
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.The Greek word for “little child” belongs to the same παιδ- (paid-) family as the children in Mark. Matthew joins receiving a child to receiving Jesus “in my name”, in his nature, so welcoming the child is itself a meeting with him.
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