Apologists for the doctrine of infant baptism point to the next verse, '''Acts 2:39''': "For the promise is to you '''''and to your children'''''..."; and they point to the fact that here in Luke 18:15 "They were also '''''bringing their babies''''' to him", and that Jesus himself, seeing his own disciples rebuking them for doing so, commanded them, "'''''Allow''''' the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them" Luke 18:16—"And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them" Mark 10:16—"And he laid his hands on them" Matthew 19:15. | Apologists for the doctrine of infant baptism point to the next verse, '''Acts 2:39''': "For the promise is to you '''''and to your children'''''..."; and they point to the fact that here in Luke 18:15 "They were also '''''bringing their babies''''' to him", and that Jesus himself, seeing his own disciples rebuking them for doing so, commanded them, "'''''Allow''''' the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them" Luke 18:16—"And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them" Mark 10:16—"And he laid his hands on them" Matthew 19:15. |