Matthew 17:13-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

We have here thee story o Christ's transfiguration; he ha said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story; as if Christ's transfiguration were intended for a specimen and an earnest of the kingdom of Christ, and of that light and love of his, which therein appears to his select and sanctified ones. Peter speaks of this as the power and coming of our Lord Jesus (2 Pet. 1:16); because it was an emanation... read more

Matthew Henry

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 17:9-13

17:9-13,22,23 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them strict injunctions: "Tell no man about the vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why then do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?" He answered, "It is true that they say that Elijah is to come and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him what they wished. So also the Son of Man is to... 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 17:13

Then the disciples understood ,.... By his saying that Elias was come, and by the account he gave of his ill usage, it was clear to them, that he spake unto them of John the Baptist ; and that he was the Elias that was to come, and was come: so that this observation, that according to prophecy Elias was to come before the Messiah, was no objection to Jesus being the Messiah; but on the contrary, since he that was intended by Elias was come, and had done his work and office, it was a... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:13

Then the disciples understood - When he spoke of the sufferings of this prophetic Elijah, and also of his own, which had been the subject of the conversation on the mount, during the transfiguration, they clearly apprehended that he spoke of John the Baptist. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:9-13

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:13

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:13

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