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Mark 10:13 - Lessons on the road to Jerusalem - Day 209

Greetings my friends,

I continue to be surprised by the perspective of being behind on devotions (originally from '21).  I created this note on 3/26/21 but didn't complete it until 4/12/21.  So Easter is in the middle.  Now that we are on this side of Easter, this lesson on the road to Jerusalem is even more meaningful.  What he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem makes what he did on the road more special.

Blessings,

Jeff

The soft and cuddly Jesus at least to the children. But he is indignant or much displeased with the disciples.

aganakteō; from ἄγαν agan (much) and ἄχθος achthos (grief; akin to the base of 43); to be greatly afflicted, i.e. (figuratively) indignant: — be much (sore) displeased, have (be moved with, with) indignation.

The crowds were bringing little children - what prompted them to do this?  Jesus is  in Judea, on the way to Jerusalem and crowds gather around him.   Parents immediately recognize something about Jesus and want him to bless their children. The disciples who have been with Jesus for three years fail to see what these parents see.  He had just used a child as an object lesson back in Capernaum about who is greatest. 

What impression did this leave on the parents and the children?  When they heard about his death and resurrection, they must have remembered this interaction.  Did the children grow up being told that Jesus had blessed them on the way to the cross?  

This event is in each of the synoptic gospels.  Different audiences but all get the same message.   The disciples come off looking bad. One of those stories that a human author would leave out.  The disciples rebuke the crowd and Jesus rebukes the disciples.

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