| I don't see how there is any substantive difference. In both cases the disciples were rebuking the bringers of the children. We know that it was not the children who were rebuked, because the "them" in the ESV is masculine plural, and "children" is neuter plural. The "them" agrees grammatically with "they brought"
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Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX) Christ Church Blog "The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle) |