Out of Their Mouths Came The Wisdom that Jesus was Son of David

   Old Testament prophecy (Psalm 8:2) promised that one day children would praise Jesus Christ when they saw Him in the Temple.

   And, they did, you know, praise and adore Him when they saw Him in the temple that day. It was the day Jesus cast out the money changers, and healed the blind and the lame in the holy edifice. Children were there, we are told, and they cried, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David."

   Now, when the chief priests and scribes saw the things Jesus did in the temple, and saw the children praising Him, they were not happy, at all, and they asked Jesus if He did not hear what the children were saying.

   "Yea," answered the Savior. "have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"

   The babes in the temple did praise Him, and recognized perfectly in their Praise who this Jesus was -- the Son of David -- much to the chagrin of the chief priests and scribes. 

   Today, we often quote "out of the mouth of babes" to apply to all the profound thoughts and wisdom that comes out of children's mouths. That is appropriate, for out of the mouths of the babes in the temple came wisdom that even the learned scribes and chief priests were unable to see, that this man walking with them in the temple was the very Son of David long prophesied. He was the Christ.