> [[exodus-luke-ws|← Previous]] | [[03-luke-ignatius-toc|TOC]] | [[remembrance-luke-ws|Next →]] # Commentary on the Gospel of Luke Word Study – Infants Infants (Lk 18:15) Brephos (Gk.): a "newborn" or "small baby". The noun is used eight times in the NT. It is here tied to the important question: Who is invited to enter God's kingdom? Does Jesus call to himself only children above the age of reason, or all little ones— infants and adolescents alike? The meaning of this term in several NT contexts leaves no room for doubt. Luke himself uses it to describe the newborn Jesus lying in a manger (Lk 2:12, 16) and even John the Baptist as an infant still in the womb (1:41, 44)! In Acts 7:19, it refers to Israel's male children immediately after their birth, and Peter uses it metaphorically to depict young Christians who long for spiritual milk (1 Pet 2:2). Together these references make it certain that Jesus calls even newborn babies to share in his heavenly kingdom (Lk 18:16). --- > [[exodus-luke-ws|← Previous]] | [[03-luke-ignatius-toc|TOC]] | [[remembrance-luke-ws|Next →]]