Mateus 19

Mateus 19

Hughes comments that "The disciples’ motivations are not entirely clear. At best they were protecting Jesus from what they deemed as interruptions or pressure. At worst they saw the situation as a waste of time. But whatever their motivation, Jesus used their intervention to give some of his most penetrating teaching and most often quoted words." (See Luke: That You May Know the Truth) Paul Apple makes an interesting point calling us to "notice that in both episodes described in these verses, the disciples respond wrong -- 19:13b; 25. They have been with Jesus nearly three years and yet still they are not quite tuned in to His program. So these two episodes are designed to help straighten them out."