Matthew 17:17, Matthew 17:20 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered. Jesus did not directly respond to the father's appeal, nor repel the Pharisees'scoffs. In sorrow and indignation he goes at once to the root of the evil. O faithless and perverse generation! He seems to include in this denunciation all who were present—the father, scribes, people, apostles, especially the nine. Want of faith appertained to all. He often refers to the general body of his bearers by the term generation (comp. Matthew 11:16 ; Matthew 12:29 , etc.). ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:17

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation! - Perverse means that which is twisted or turned from the proper direction; and is often used of the eyes, when one or both are turned from their natural position. Applied to a generation or race of people, it means that they hold opinions turned or perverted from the truth, and that they were wicked in their conduct. Jesus applied this, probably, to the Jews, and not to his real disciples.How long shall I suffer you? - That is,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:14-18

Matthew 17:14-18. And when they were come to the multitude Namely, the day following, Luke 9:37, there came a certain man, kneeling down to him In great humility before Jesus, and with deep reverence for him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son Compassionate his miserable condition, for he is lunatic and sore vexed With terrible fits. “This man’s disease,” says Dr. Campbell, “we should, from the symptoms, call epilepsy, rather than lunacy. The appellation given it (... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:14-21

76. Healing of an uncontrollable boy (Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43)While the faith of the three apostles on the mountain was being strengthened, the faith of the other nine on the plain below was failing. They were unable to cure a boy who suffered from sudden fits that made him uncontrollable (Mark 9:14-18). After the heavenly experiences on the mountain, Jesus felt the frustration of work in a world that was full of human failure (Mark 9:19). Nevertheless, he did not despise... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 17:17

faithless = unbelieving. perverse = perverted. generation. See note on Matthew 11:16 . how long . . . ? = until when . . . ? Figures of speech Erotesis and Ecphonesis. App-6 . suffer = put up with. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 17:17

And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.This blanket indictment of all present, including the Twelve, especially the nine who had failed, gives an insight into the frustration which threatened the Master's heaven-born mission to men. How long was this to continue? Had all the miracles and wonders gone for nothing? Instead of growing in faith, the apostles were obviously weakening under... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:14-21

The exorcism of an epileptic boy 17:14-21 (cf. Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43 a)The term "exorcism" means the action of exorcizing or expelling an evil spirit by adjuration or the performance of certain rites. In Jesus’ case this involved His authoritatively commanding a demon or demons to depart with no appeal to a higher authority or incantations, which are common in exorcisms that other people perform."The contrast between the glory of the Transfiguration and Jesus’ disciples’ tawdry unbelief... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:14-27

3. Instruction about the King’s principles 17:14-27Jesus’ instruction of His disciples in view of the King’s coming death and resurrection and the kingdom’s postponement continued. Jesus had taught them about His person (Matthew 16:13-17) and His program (Matthew 16:18 to Matthew 17:13). He now taught them principles that clarified His work and His person further. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:17-18

Jesus’ rebuke recalls Moses’ words to Israel in Deuteronomy 32:5; Deuteronomy 32:20. Unbelief characterized the generation of Jews that had rejected Jesus, and now it marked His disciples to a lesser extent. Their failure to believe stemmed from moral failure to recognize the truth rather than from lack of evidence, as the combination of "perverse" and "unbelieving" makes clear (cf. Philippians 2:15). The disciples, too, were slow to believe, slower than they should have been. Jesus’ two... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 17:17

17:17 long (d-11) long (d-18) Lit. 'until when.' read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 17:14-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:14-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 17:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 17:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:14-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:14-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 17:17-18

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 17:17

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