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Matthew 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic and sore vexed; for ofttimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the water.
Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic and sore vexed; for ofttimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the water.
Verse Matthew 17:15. _MY SON - IS LUNATIC_] σεληνιαζεται. One who was most affected with this disorder at the _change_ and _full_ of the moon. Matthew 4:24. But this lunacy was occasioned by a demon,...
LORD, HAVE MERCY - The word “Lord” here means “Sir,” a title of civility, not implying divinity. MY SON - This was an only son (Luke). He was possessed with a devil. This calamity was attended with th...
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...
MERCY. pity. HE IS LUNATICK. moonstruck: i.e. epileptic, because epilepsy was supposed to be caused by the moon. Greek. _seleniazomai._ Occurs only in Matthew, here, and Matthew 4:24. SORE VEXED. su...
_for he is lunatick_ This is the only special instance of cure in the case of a lunatic. They are mentioned as a class, ch. Matthew 4:24. The word literally means "affected by changes of the moon." Th...
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....
ΣΕΛΗΝΙΆΖΕΤΑΙ. This is the only special instance of cure in the case of a lunatic. They are mentioned as a class, ch. Matthew 4:24. The word literally means ‘affected by changes of the moon.’ On the th...
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'...
ΈΛΈΗΣΌΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΛΕΈΩ (G1653) смилостивиться, проявить сострадание, _см._ Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22. ΣΕΛΗΝΙΆΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΣΕΛΗΝΙΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G4583) быть лунатиком, стр...
FOR HE IS LUNATIC— Σεληνιαζεται. The English word _lunatic_ always implies _madness;_ but the Greek word is applied to any disease which is under the influence of the moon, such as the _epilepsy,_ whi...
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...
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....
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...
LUNATICK] i.e. epileptic, because epileptics were supposed to be affected by the changes of the moon (_luna_)....
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...
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...
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...
LUNATICK. — See Note on Matthew 4:24. The other Gospels add some further touches. The boy had a “dumb spirit.” When the spirit seized him it “tore him,” and he foamed at the mouth, and gnashed with hi...
σεληνιάζεται, he is moonstruck; the symptoms as described are those of epilepsy, which were supposed to become aggravated with the phases of the moon (_cf._ Matthew 4:24). κακῶς πάσχει (ἔχει W. H [105...
_The epileptic boy_ (Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43). Very brief report compared with Mk....
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...
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is (g) lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. (g) They that at certain times of the moon are troubled with the fal...
I brought him to thy disciples. By these words the man here mentioned privately accuses the apostles, though the impossibility of the cure is not always to be attributed to the weakness of God's serva...
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...
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...
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. Ver. 15. _For he is lunatic_] Or, he hath the falling sickness, as the s...
_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 _...
FALLETH INTO THE FIRE; in the paroxysms of his disease, under the power of the evil spirit by which he was possessed. Ver Matthew 17:18, and Mark 9:17; Mark 9:25-26. The family relation, while it give...
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"....
Matthew 17:15 Lord G2962 mercy G1653 (G5657) my G3450 son G5207 for G3754 epileptic G4583 (G5736) and...
“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously, for regularly he falls into the fire, and regularly into the water.” He asked Him to have compassion of his son. Here the son...
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...
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 17:15. FOR HE IS LUNATIC, or ‘epileptic.' The former phrase is more correct etymologically, the latter best defines the disease in this case, since all the symptoms are those of epilepsy. In c...
EPILEPTIC (σεληνιαζετα). Literally, "moonstruck," "lunatic." The symptoms of epilepsy were supposed to be aggravated by the changes of the moon (cf. Matthew 4:24).HE HAS IT BAD (κακως εχε) as oft...
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...
MY SON. HE IS EPILEPTIC. The symptoms were those of epilepsy, but in this case it was a demon causing the problem (Mark 9:17). Mark says also that he was unable to talk....
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...
Job 1:10; Job 2:7; John 4:46; John 4:47; Luke 9:38;...
Is lunatic [σ ε λ η ν ι α ζ ε τ α ι]. Rev., epileptic. The A. V. preserves the etymology of the word (selhnh, the moon), but lunatic conveys to us the idea of demented; while the Rev. epileptic gives...
He is lunatic — This word might with great propriety he used, though the case was mostly preternatural; as the evil spirit would undoubtedly take advantage of the influence which the changes of the mo...