Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Matthew 17:14-21
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at Mark 9:14.
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at Mark 9:14.
Verse Matthew 17:14. _WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE MULTITUDE_] It appears that a congregation had been collected during our Lord's stay on the mount: how great must have been the desire of these people...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE MULTITUDE - This took place on the day following the transfiguration, Luke 9:37. This multitude was probably composed of persons who had attended on his ministry, many o...
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
HEALING OF THE DEMONIAC BOY (Mark 9:14 *, Luke 9:37). The story is much shorter than in Mk. The reference to possession does not come till the end; in Matthew 17:15 the child is described as epileptic...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
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 in...
CAME. came down, &c. Compare Mark 9:14.Luke 9:37. A CERTAIN MAN. a man. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123....
_when they were come to the multitude_ Some will recall Raphael's great picture of the Transfiguration, in which the contrast is powerfully portrayed between the scene on the mount, calm, bright, and...
A Lunatic Child is cured Mark 9:14-29, where the scene and the symptoms of the disease are described with great particularity. Luke 9:37-42....
ἘΛΘΌΝΤΩΝ ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸΝ ὌΧΛΟΝ. Some will recall Raphael’s great picture of the Transfiguration, in which the contrast is powerfully portrayed between the scene on the mount, calm, bright, and heavenly, and...
A LUNATIC CHILD IS CURED Mark 9:14-29, where the scene and the symptoms of the disease are described with great particularity. Luke 9:37-42....
Ver 14. And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15. "Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes h...
_JESUS IN HIS POWER, HEALING MATTHEW 17:14-21:_ Following that heavenly transformation there is an earthly problem for Jesus to deal with. An epileptic, demon possessed boy had been brought to Jesus'...
ΈΛΘΌΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см._ Matthew 17:10. _Gen. abs._, "когда они пришли" ΓΟΝΥΠΕΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. пот. masc. sing. от_ ΓΟΝΥΠΕΤΈΩ (G1120) падать на колени и просить (TDNT)....
Section 43 JESUS HEALS AND FREES A DEMONIZED BOY (Parallels: Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43 a) TEXT: 17:14-21 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and s...
28 See 2Pe_1:16-18. 28 This prediction was fulfilled about a week later when He took His most intimate disciples with Him and they saw His power and presence and were spectators of His magnificence (2...
THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-8. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at was tha...
HEALING OF THE LUNATIC (epileptic) (Mark 9:14; Luke 9:37). St. Mark's account is much the fullest. Christ descends from the mount to resume His works of benevolence. He who had communed with God and H...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE MULTITUDE. — St. Luke states that it was on the next day, the night having apparently been spent on the Mount of Transfiguration. The magic power of the art of Raffaelle...
_The epileptic boy_ (Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43). Very brief report compared with Mk....
ἐλθόντων : the αὐτῶν of T. R. might easily be omitted as understood from the connection. γονυπετῶν, literally, falling upon the knees, in which sense it would naturally take the dative (T. R., αὐτῷ);...
LACK OF FAITH REBUKED Matthew 17:9-21 As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indifferen...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
(2) And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man, (f) kneeling down to him, and saying, (2) Men are unworthy of Christ's goodness, yet nonetheless he pays attention to...
_And when he was come. Peter, by wishing to remain on the holy mount, preferred his own gratification to the good of many. But true charity seeketh not its own advantage only; what therefore appeared...
DEMONIACAL EJECTMENT Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43. Mark: _“And having come to His disciples, He saw a great crowd round them, and the scribes arguing with them.”_ He and the three disc...
"And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, (15) Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is a lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he fall...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
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 w...
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a _certain_ man, kneeling down to him, and saying, Ver. 14. _And when they were come to the multitude_] That was the next day after the tra...
_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 _...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE MULTITUDE, THERE CAME TO HIM A CERTAIN MAN, KNEELING DOWN TO HIM AND SAYING,...
THE HEALING OF A LUNATIC. Matthew 17:14 The return to the people:...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
14-21 The case of afflicted children should be presented to God by faithful and fervent prayer. Christ cured the child. Though the people were perverse, and Christ was provoked, yet care was taken of...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:16"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII "[40]...
Matthew 17:14 And G2532 they G846 come G2064 (G5631) to G4314 multitude G3793 man G444 came G4334 ...
THE PROBLEM OF UNBELIEF, THE REASON FOR UNBELIEF, AND THE ONE WHO WILL TRIUMPH THROUGH FAITH (17:14-23). At the commencement of this section we learned of the problem of unbelief (Matthew 13:58) which...
THE FAILURE OF THE DISCIPLES TO CAST OUT A DEMON (17:14-18). On arrival at the bottom of the mountain they came across a crowd of people who were with the disciples and there discovered that while Jes...
‘And when they were come to the crowd, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, saying,' Coming down from a mountain regularly results in a crowd, for they would be waiting for Him (compare Matthew 8...
All three Evangelists place this miracle immediately after the transfiguration (Luke: ‘the next day'). This ‘may be regarded as one of the evidences of the genuineness and authenticity of the narrativ...
Matthew 17:14. KNEELING TO HIM. An act of homage, not necessarily of worship. The scribes were questioning with the disciples; the multitude were amazed and ran to Him (Mark 9:14-17). The failure of t...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
A MAN CAME TO JESUS. When they came down from the mountain and returned to the crowd. Luke says this took place the following day....
_And when they were come to the multitude._ THE HEALING OF THE LUNATIC CHILD I. The divinely appointed alternations of the Christian life. (Mark 9:2; Mark 9:17). II. Spiritual work can be done only...
JESUS HEALS A DEMON-POSSESSED BOY MATTHEW 17:14-21; MARK 9:14-29; LUKE 9:37-43; MATTHEW 17:14 And when they were come to the mult
CHAPTER 17 _And after six days_, &c. There seems to be here a discrepancy with Luke 9:28, who says, _it came to pass about an eight days after these things._ S. Jerome answers, "The solution is simple...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:15. LUNATICK.—_Epileptic_ (R.V.). “The child was a possessed epileptic lunatic.” Matthew 17:20. GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED.—See note on Matthew 13:31. The proverbial type of
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
Acts 10:25; Acts 10:26; Luke 9:37; Mark 1:40; Mark 10:17;...
Mark 9:14; Luke 11:37....
Observe here, 1. sick patient brought to Christ, the great physician, for cure and healing. lunatic, that is,. person, at certain times of the moon, afflicted with the falling sickness. 2. This sickn...