tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post6163937242131426060..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: The hidden children: some half baked thoughts about communionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-11573515654775651192014-06-05T17:04:49.895+12:002014-06-05T17:04:49.895+12:00I think that you're probably right Jonathan. I...I think that you're probably right Jonathan. I think that the disciples families were present during a lot of their ministry. Jewish readers wouldg have just assumed this. Jesus is very welcoming of childrenDavid and Jane Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488568428274168072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-51598399667220300502014-03-31T12:18:53.624+13:002014-03-31T12:18:53.624+13:00Thanks T, i suspect that the presence of women and...Thanks T, i suspect that the presence of women and children is often missed out in the sparse details of biblical narrative, but might have been assumed by earlier/other readers? Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-86379017706237741382014-03-28T04:27:54.302+13:002014-03-28T04:27:54.302+13:00This is great stuff, Jonathan, thank you. So much ...This is great stuff, Jonathan, thank you. So much to think about here - and great reading between the lines.<br /><br />Children are the stars of quite a few Gospel scenes (check out any children's Bible - they highlight them nicely!) from Jairus' daughter to the boy who shares his lunch with a crowd of inderminate number - calculated as it is as '5000 + all the women and kids'!<br /><br />Hindered, perhaps, by renaissance art, I've never pictured anyone other than Jesus and the twelve at the Last Supper. REALLY good rethink on your part. Thank you.not a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.com