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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 9:17-29

This famous history is also recorded by two other evangelists, Matthew and Luke; we have opened it in our notes on Matthew 17:14-21; (See Poole on "Matthew 17:14", and following verses to Matthew 17:21) and considered what Mark and Luke have to complete it. For our instruction we may learn several things from the consideration of it: 1. The great goodness of God in preserving us from the power of evil spirits, as also the daily working of his providence for our preservation. What but this kept... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 9:14-29

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 9:14-29(PARALLELS: Matthew 17:14-21; Luke 9:37-43.)The afflicted child.—Moses, when he descended from the mount, found that the people in his absence had lapsed into idolatry; and our Lord, in descending from the Mount of Transfiguration, found that His followers had been surprised into spiritual impotence and failure. The swift transition from the glories of the Mount to the trials and toils that awaited Him below may be regarded as typical of the life of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 9:28-29

DISCOURSE: 1434FASTING AND PRAYERMark 9:28-29. And when he was come into the house, his Disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.THE gift of working miracles was possessed by all the Apostles. Yet it does not appear that the power could be exercised at all times, and at their own option, but only at such times and on such occasions as God saw fit to permit. Had the exercise of this gift... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Mark 9:29

This See, 1 Kings 18:42-45; Acts 13:2 The two best MSS. omit "and fasting." Cf. Matthew 17:21 read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 9:28-29

The Secret of Failure February 25, 1886 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." Matthew 17:19-21 . "And when he... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 9:1-50

Chapter 9And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power ( Mark 9:1 ).Now what did He mean by that? Because those disciples have all died, and we have not yet seen the kingdom of God come with power. Was Jesus mistaken? Well, first of all, no. Jesus was not mistaken. If my interpretation of a scripture would make it appear that Jesus was mistaken, then my... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 9:1-50

Mark 9:2 . And after six days, not counting the two sabbaths, as in Luke 9:28. See on Matthew 17:1. Mark 9:16 . He asked the scribes, what question ye with them? No answer! They had been insulting the disciples because they could not deliver a child, (for so the jews call young people under the age of twenty years) from the power of Satan. 1 Kings 3:7. This was a momentary triumph of the learned adversaries of Christ. They had ridiculed the apostles as impostors, pretending to work... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 9:14-29

Mark 9:14-29And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them.The evil spirit cast outLearn from this narrative-I. The omnipotence of true faith in God. It is not so much the amount of one’s faith as the kind, and the fact that one really has it (Matthew 17:20).II. The powerlessness of Christians without true faith.III. The discreditableness of Christian inefficiency, leading to questionings and discussions that do more harm than good.IV. The inefficiency of Christians... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 9:28-29

Mark 9:28-29But by prayer and fasting.Fasting“Why could not we cast him out?”-“because of your unbelief.” “All things are possible to him that believeth.” But how is such faith to be attained? It is God’s gift. God gives by means-by means of prayer. Whatever tends to increase the fervour of prayer tends to increase the energy of faith. Fasting also has this effect. In the Christian way are many hindrances; arising both from the agency of fallen spirits, and from the inveteracy of besetting... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 9:29

29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. Ver. 29. But by prayer and fasting ] The cause why they could not cure the child, was unbelief; the cure of unbelief is sought and wrought by fasting and prayer. read more

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