Luke 9:47
And Jesus knew the thought of their heart: and he took a child, and placed him near to him;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
In Context
46And the thought arose among them, which of them was to be the greatest.
Cross References
Matthew 9:4But Jesus knew their thoughts: and he said to them, Why do ye think evil things in your heart?
Matthew 19:13Then they brought children to him, that he might lay his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples rebuked them.
Luke 5:22And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: What think ye in your heart?
John 2:25And he needed not that any one should testify to him respecting any man; for he himself knew what is in man.
John 21:17Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51
Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →