Mark 9:36
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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,”
ἵστημι
To stand, to set, to place. Histemi. Having done all stand. Stand therefore. When you have done everything else there is still this. Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
παιδίον
a child
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παιδίον
Child, boy, little one. Paidion. Unless you turn and become like children you will never enter the kingdom. Childlike dependence and trust is the posture God honours most.
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μέσος
midst
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μέσος
Middle, in the midst, among. Mesos. Where two or three gather in My name there I am in their midst. The promise of presence in gathered worship is permanent.
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λαμβάνω
having taken
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λαμβάνω
while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent, to seize or remove))
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ἔπω
He said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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ἐναγκαλίζομαι
having taken in His arms
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ἐναγκαλίζομαι
to take in one's arms, i.e. embrace
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