The Meaning of Mark 9:36 Explained

Mark 9:36

KJV: 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,

YLT: And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,

Darby: And taking a little child he set it in their midst, and having taken it in his arms he said to them,

ASV: And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he said unto them,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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, 

What does Mark 9:36 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 9:30-50 - The Path To Greatness
Such were the hopes awakened by the Transfiguration and the following miracles that the disciples were led to speculate upon their relative position in the Kingdom. Jesus therefore took a little child for His text, and preached to them a sermon on humility. How constantly the Master speaks of the little ones! He says that we must be converted to become like them; that to cause them to stumble will involve terrible penalties; that they are not to be despised; that each has an angel of the Father's presence-chamber appointed to his charge; that to seek and to save one He is prepared as the shepherd to traverse the mountains; that it is not the Father's will that one of them should perish. How infinitely tender and humble was His love for them!
Let us strive to cut off whatever causes us to stumble. It may be a friendship, a pastime, a pursuit, a course of reading; but there must be no quarter given, no excuse accepted. As soon as the soul dares to make this supreme renunciation, there is an accession of life. Whenever the body loses the use of one member, such as the eye, there is an accession of vigor in others; so, to deny the lower is to open the door to the higher, and, though maimed, to enter into life. Mark 9:44-48 evidently refer to the valley of Hinnom, where fires were kept burning to consume waste. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 9

1  Jesus is transfigured
11  He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elijah;
14  casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;
30  foretells his death and resurrection;
33  exhorts his disciples to humility;
38  bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them,
42  nor to give offense to any of the faithful

Greek Commentary for Mark 9:36

Let [ἔστησεν]
Wyc. renders ordained. [source]
When he had taken him in his arms [ἐναγκαλισάμενος]
The verb is found only in Mark, and only he records this detail. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 9:36

Mark 10:16 Took them in his arms []
See on Mark 9:36. [source]
Mark 10:16 He took them in his arms [εναγκαλισαμενος]
A distinct rebuke to the protest of the over-particular disciples. This word already in Mark 9:36. In Luke 2:28 we have the full idiom, to receive into the arms So with tender fondling Jesus repeatedly blessed It was a great moment for each mother and child. [source]
Luke 9:47 Took a little child [επιλαβομενος παιδιον]
Second aorist middle participle of the common verb επιλαμβανω — epilambanō Strictly, Taking a little child to himself (indirect middle). Mark 9:36 has merely the active λαβων — labōn of the simple verb λαμβανω — lambanō Set him by his side “In his arms” Mark 9:36 has it, “in the midst of them” Matthew 18:3 says. All three attitudes following one another (the disciples probably in a circle around Jesus anyhow) and now the little child (Peter‘s child?) was slipped down by the side of Jesus as he gave the disciples an object lesson in humility which they sorely needed. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 9:36 mean?

And having taken a child He set it in midst of them having taken in [His] arms He said to them
Καὶ λαβὼν παιδίον ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν ἐναγκαλισάμενος εἶπεν αὐτοῖς

λαβὼν  having  taken 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: λαμβάνω  
Sense: to take.
παιδίον  a  child 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: παιδίον  
Sense: a young child, a little boy, a little girl.
ἔστησεν  He  set 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἵστημι  
Sense: to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set.
μέσῳ  midst 
Parse: Adjective, Dative Neuter Singular
Root: μέσος  
Sense: middle.
αὐτῶν  of  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἐναγκαλισάμενος  having  taken  in  [His]  arms 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἐναγκαλίζομαι  
Sense: to take into one’s arms, embrace.
εἶπεν  He  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
αὐτοῖς  to  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.

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