Mark 10:16
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
KJV
καὶ ἐναγκαλισάμενος αὐτὰ κατευλόγει τιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ’ αὐτά.
Greek NT
Et complexans eos, et imponens manus super illos, benedicebat eos.
Vulgate
And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
ASV
And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εὐλογέω
eulogeo
verb · 41×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἐναγκαλίζομαι
enagkalizomai
verb · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: κατευλόγει τιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ αὐτά | WH/NIV: κατευλόγει τιθεὶς … αὐτά | Treg: κατηυλόγει τιθεὶς … αὐτά | RP: τιθεὶς … αὐτά, εὐλόγει αὐτά
- κατευλόγει τιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ αὐτά — SBLGNT
- κατευλόγει τιθεὶς … αὐτά — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κατηυλόγει τιθεὶς … αὐτά — Tregelles
- τιθεὶς … αὐτά, εὐλόγει αὐτά — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§699The hand. Jesus heals the sick and blesses little children by laying hands on them.51 In his name the apostles will do the same.52 Even more pointedly, it is by the Apostles' imposition of hands that the Holy Spirit is given.53 The Letter to the Hebrews lists the imposition of hands among the "fundamental elements" of its teaching.54 The Church has kept this sign of the all-pow…
Cross-references
- Isa 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Luke 2:28 — Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
- Mark 9:36 — And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
- Mark 9:36 — And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
- Matt 19:15 — And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.