What Manner of Child Shall This Be?
A. B. Grosart, DD. Luke 1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying… 1. How far above our asking is the Divine gift very often! 2. How wonderful are the possibilities for weal or woe in a child! Shall our children prove John Baptists, voices for Christ? or shall they falsify our own allegiance to Him? 3. How blessed it is to have a child associated with Christ from the outset! I covet for our children this association with the Lord. I would have His name, His story, His words, His gospel, their earliest memories and their dearest child-experiences. 4. What of kindred dedication of children to-day? Where are the Abrams, Hannahs, and Zachariases of this age? How few Christian parents yield their children up to the service of God? 5. How many of those who "feared" and asked "What manner of child?" &c., received him and received the Lord? One asks wistfully, whether, when the thirty years were passed, and John the Baptist, and then the Lord came forth, many or any watched for their coming and welcomed their manifestation. I gladly believe that some would, some must. (A. B. Grosart, DD.) Parallel Verses KJV: And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. WEB: All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.