Matthew 17:14-21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:14-21

We have here the miraculous cure of a child that was lunatic and vexed with a devil. Observe, I. A melancholy representation of the case of this child, made to Christ by the afflicted father. This was immediately upon his coming down from the mountain where he was transfigured. Note, Christ's glories do not make him unmindful of us and of our wants and miseries. Christ, when he came down from the mount, where had conversation with Moses and Elias, did not take state upon him, but was as easy... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:14-20

17:14-20 When they came to the crowd, a man came to him and fell at his feet and said, "Sir, have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic, and he suffers severely; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water; and I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to cure him." Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me!" And Jesus spoke sternly to him, and the demon came out of him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:14

And when they were come to the multitude ,.... Which was on the next day, as in Luke 9:37 when Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, came down from the mount to the other nine, with whom the multitude of the people were; during their stay on the mountain, there came to him a certain man ; who was, as Mark says, "one of the multitude"; and as Luke, "a man of the company": who had applied to the nine disciples on the behalf of his son, but without success, and was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:15

Lord, have mercy on my son ,.... He addressed him with great marks of honour and respect, not only by gesture, but by words; he craves mercy, pity, and compassion; for the case he had to present, was a miserable one; and his earnestness and importunity he hoped might be excused, since it was for a child of his own. Luke adds "for he is mine only child"; and therefore his affection for him must be thought to be very strong, and he greatly concerned for its grievous affliction, and earnestly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:16

And I brought him to thy disciples ,.... To the nine, whilst Christ was with the other three upon the mountain: no doubt but his design was to bring him to Christ first; but he being absent, he applied to his disciples, and, desired them to make use of their power to heal him; and which they attempted, but without success: and they could not cure him . This he said, partly to show the malignity and stubbornness of the disease, and partly to accuse the disciples of weakness; when he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:17

Then Jesus answered and said ,.... Not to the disciples, but to the father of the child; see Mark 9:19 and those that were with him, and the Scribes that were present, disputing with the disciples, upbraiding them with their weakness, and triumphing over them: "O faithless and perverse generation"; a way of speaking, which is never used of the disciples, and indeed could not be properly said of them; for though they often appeared to be men of little faith, yet not faithless; nor were they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:18

And Jesus rebuked the devil ,.... The words may indeed be rendered, "and Jesus rebuked him, and the devil departed out of him"; so the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions; but the sense our version gives is certainly right; for it was not the father of the child Christ rebuked for his unbelief; this he had done already; nor the lunatic himself, as some have thought, either for his unbelief, or because he was possessed by the devil, for some sins of his own; which is not likely, since he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:19

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart ,.... Or "secretly", as the Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read; that is, privately, and when alone; and as Mark says, "when he was come into the house"; and was by himself, then came the nine disciples to him, to converse with him about this matter, and said unto him, why could not we cast him out ? That is, the devil, and so cure the lunatic; the Syriac and Persic versions render it, "why could not we heal him?" The lunatic; which only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:20

And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief ,.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "because of your little faith", or "the smallness of your faith"; and so does one Greek manuscript; and which is what is doubtless meant by their unbelief; for they were not altogether destitute of faith, but their faith was very low, and their unbelief very great. Christ says, not because of the unbelief of the parent of the child, and those that were with him, though that also was a reason; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:21

Howbeit, this kind goeth not out ,.... The Vulgate Latin renders it, "is not cast out"; and so do the Arabic version, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and which confirm the more commonly received sense of these words, that they are to be understood of that kind of devils, one of which was cast out of the lunatic, and was of the worst sort, of a fierce and obstinate kind; and having had long possession, was not easily ejected: and that there is a difference in devils, some are worse and more... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:14-21

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:14-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:21

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