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SBL Greek New Testament

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Mark 9

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mark.9.m9Child

ἐναγκαλισάμενος αὐτό

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How does Jesus receive the child?

Enankalizomai means take into the bent arms or embrace. Mark depicts bodily welcome before the teaching about receiving.

Why this default

‘Taking it into his arms’ is default because enankalizomai depicts the concrete bodily act of gathering the child into bent arms before Jesus speaks about welcome. ‘Embracing’ foregrounds affection appropriately but compresses the physical staging Mark narrates.

Evidence

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Project defaulttaking it into his arms

Project default · physical action

Alternativeembracing the child

Affection foregrounded

Alternativeholding the child close

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Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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