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Let the Children Come to Me
13 mAnd they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples nrebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, o“Let the children come to me; pdo not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 qTruly, I say to you, whoever does not rreceive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And she took them in his arms and blessed them, tlaying his hands on them.
m For ver. 13–16, see Matt. 19:13–15; Luke 18:15–17
n ver. 48
o Matt. 18:3
p [ch. 9:39]
q [John 3:3, 5]
r [Luke 8:13; James 1:21]
s ch. 9:36
t Rev. 1:17
13절) 사람들이 예수님께서 아이들을 축복해주실 것을 원해서 어린 아이들을 예수께 데리고 왔는데 이를 제자들이 꾸짖었다. 마가복음에서 이러한 터치, 만져주심은 보통 치유와 관련이 있는데 여기서는 거룩한 분이 어떤 사람들을 축복해주는 것을 의미한다. 제자들이 아이들을 데려온 것을 꾸짖은 이유는 예수님께서 너무 바쁘셔서 어린아이들을 만날 여유가 없다고 판단했기 때문이고 또한 아이들을 그렇게 중요한 대상으로 여기지 않았기 때문이다.
- Although touching is used elsewhere in Mark in connection with healing, the intent of those who brought the children to Jesus was for a “holy man” to bless them.
Why the disciples rebuked those who brought the children is not stated, but they probably thought Jesus was too busy or too important to be bothered by such insignificant persons. In any event Mark set forth another example of the lack of perception of the disciples. The second instance of “them” could, from a strictly grammatical standpoint, refer to the children; and in order to avoid that understanding, the mass of medieval manuscripts substituted “those who brought them” (NKJV, similarly KJV).
James A. Brooks, Mark, vol. 23, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1991), 159.
- rebuked them. The disciples consider children to be an annoying distraction (cf. 9:36–37, 42). Jesus reacts emphatically. To Jesus, children are as important as adults, and equally worthy of love (9:36–37; 10:16). to such p 1915 belongs the kingdom of God. Children do not belong automatically to the kingdom but must come to Jesus and receive him the same as adults.
14절) 예수님께서 이러한 제자들의 반응을 보시고 노하시며 말씀하신다. 어린아이들이 나에게 오는 것을 용납하고 금하지 말라. 왜냐하면 하나님의 나라가 이런 자들의 것이기 때문이다.
병행본문인 마 19:14과 눅 18:16에는 예수님이 분노하셨다라는 표현이 생략되어 있다. 이 본문이 예수님이 분노하셨다는 유일한 본문이다.
본문의 금지하다라는 표현은 일반적으로 세례와 관련되어 사용되었다.
본문의 이런 자는 어린아이를 말하는데 일반적으로 어린아이의 특성은 순수하고 겸손하며 자의식이 부족하고 수용적이며 진실함을 의미한다.
- Both Matt 19:14 and Luke 18:16 omit the statement that Jesus was indignant, no doubt to avoid any thought of Jesus being guilty of a sinful passion. This is sometimes said to be the only example in the Gospels of Jesus being angry, but see 3:5 and the comments on 1:41 and compare the accounts of the cleansing of the temple. The variant reading in 1:41, however, employs a different Greek verb from the one here; and the cleansing accounts do not explicitly state that Jesus was angry.
The word translated “hinder” is used in Acts 8:36; 10:47; 11:17 (also Matt 3:14) in connection with baptism, and as a result some commentators have claimed that Jesus meant that children were not to be hindered from being baptized. Such a view is eisegesis (reading an idea into the text) rather than exegesis (drawing out the meaning of the text). It is true, however, that the second-century and later church used the passage to justify the practice of infant baptism.
The word “children” in vv. 13–14, 16 refers to literal children who were being brought to Jesus; but to whom do the words “such as these” in v. 14 and “like a little child” in v. 15 refer, to literal children or to adults who possess childlike characteristics? Without going into the question of the extent to which children can be part of the kingdom of God, the expressions certainly include older people who in their relationship to God possess childlike characteristics. What are these characteristics? Such things as innocence, humility, lack of self-consciousness, receptivity, and trustfulness have been suggested. Not all children share these characteristics, however. The main point of comparison probably is the insignificance, weakness, helplessness, and dependency shared by children in ancient society and those who enter the kingdom at any time. The ultimate focus of the passage is not only on the attitude with which one comes to Jesus but on coming to Jesus, the object of one’s faith.
James A. Brooks, Mark, vol. 23, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1991), 159–160.
15절) 누구든지 하나님의 나라를 어린아이와 같이 받아들이지 않는 사람은 결코 그곳에 들어가지 못할 것이다. 이 하나님의 나라는 받아야 하고(데코마이) 또한 들어가야 한다.(에이세르코마이) 하나님 나라의 은혜는 선물로서 받는 것이지만 우리는 믿음과 순종을 통해서 이 왕국에 들어가야만 하는 것이다.
- The one Greek word amēn, which the NIV translates “I tell you the truth,” emphasizes the importance of the pronouncement. Note that the kingdom is both to be received and entered—two ideas that stand side by side throughout the Bible. The blessings of the kingdom are to be received as a gift, yet we enter the kingdom through responsive faith and obedience. Furthermore, the kingdom and Jesus, in whom it drew near, are virtually synonymous. The expression “like a child” could refer to the way in which one receives a child, but the context favors the idea of the way in which a child receives what is offered to him or her: totally dependent on the person giving it.
NIV New International Version
James A. Brooks, Mark, vol. 23, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1991), 160.
16절) 이제 예수님께서 그 어린아이를 품에 안으시고 그들 위에 안수하시고 축복하셨다. 이렇게 주님앞에 나아온 자들은 주님으로부터 은혜를 입었다. 지금 예수님께서는 아이들을 품에 안으시고 그들위에 손을 얹으시고 축복해주셨다. 이는 많은 말보다 사람들에게 주님께서 아이들을 사랑하신다는 것을 보여주시는 행동이다.
천국은, 하나님의 나라는 이처럼 어린아이와 같은 이들의 것이다. 어린아이들이 자라가는 것을 보면서 많은 것들을 느끼고 깨닫게 된다. 아이들은 부모의 뒷모습을 보며 자란다는 것처럼 말보다 보여주는 행동에 영향을 받으며 살아간다. 어쩌면 본받기를 원하는 것보다 본받지 않았으면 하는 것을 더욱 닮아가는 것이 아이들인 것처럼 보인다. 이렇게 수용성을 가지고 많은 것들을 보고 배우는 아이들을 향해서 우리는 어떤 것을 가르쳐줄 수 있을까? 본문의 제자들 처럼 연약한 어린아이들보다 유력한 어른들을 더욱 공동체 안에 중요한 존재들로 여기고 있지는 않은가? 주님께서는 하나님의 나라가 이러한 강함이나 소유에 있지 않음을 말씀해주고 계신 것이다.
존재자체로 인정하고 사랑하고 받아들일 수 있어야 하겠다.
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