ἐναγκαλισάμενος, as in Mark 9:36. Jesus took each child in His arms, one by one, and blessed it: κατευλόγει, imperfect. The process would last a while, but Jesus would not soon weary in such work. The compound verb κατευλόγει ([93] [94] [95] [96], etc.), here only, has intensive force like καταφιλέω in Matthew 26:49 (vide notes there and Maclear in C. G. T.).

[93] Codex Sinaiticus (sæc. iv.), now at St. Petersburg, published in facsimile type by its discoverer, Tischendorf, in 1862.

[94] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

[95] Codex Ephraemi

[96] Codex Regius--eighth century, represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with א and B.

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