Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
He sat down and called the twelve (kaqisav efwnhsen touv dwdeka). Deliberate action of Jesus to handle this delicate situation. Jesus gives them the rule of greatness: "If any man would be first (prwtov) he shall be last (esxatov) of all, and minister (diakonov) of all." This saying of Christ, like many others, he repeated at other times (Mark 10:43 f.; Matthew 23:8 ff.; Luke 22:24 f.). Matthew 18:2 says that he called a little child, one there in the house, perhaps Peter's child. Luke 9:47 notes that he "set him by his side." Then Jesus
taking him in his arms (enagkalisamenov, aorist middle participle, late Greek word from agkalh as in Luke 2:28) spoke again to the disciples.
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