Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 17:17
O unbelieving and perverse generation — Our Lord speaks principally this to his disciples. How long shall I be with you? — Before you steadfastly believe?
O unbelieving and perverse generation — Our Lord speaks principally this to his disciples. How long shall I be with you? — Before you steadfastly believe?
Verse Matthew 17:17. _O FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION!_] These and the following words may be considered as spoken: 1. To the disciples, because of their unbelief, Matthew 17:20. 2. To the fathe...
THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, O FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION! - Perverse means that which is twisted or turned from the proper direction; and is often used of the eyes, when one or both are turne...
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...
FAITHLESS. unbelieving. PERVERSE. perverted. GENERATION. See note on Matthew 11:16. HOW LONG... ?. until when... ? Figures of speech _Erotesis_ and _Ecphonesis._ App-6. SUFFER. put up with....
_O faithless and perverse generation_ addressed to the scribes and the multitude thronging round, as representing the whole nation. The disciples, if not specially addressed, are by no means excluded...
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....
Ὦ ΓΕΝΕᾺ ἌΠΙΣΤΟΣ ΚΑῚ ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΈΝΗ, addressed to the scribes and the multitude thronging round, as representing the whole nation. The disciples, if not specially addressed, are by no means excluded from...
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'...
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Matthew 17:4. ΆΠΙΣΤΟΣ (G571) безверный, неверующий. ΔΙΕΣΤΡΑΜΜΈΝΗ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΔΙΑΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G1294) искаженный, запутавшийся, развращенный (RWP). _Per...
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...
17:17 long (d-11) long (d-18) Lit. 'until when.'...
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...
O FAITHLESS] The rebuke is addressed not only to the discipies, but also to the father of the lad and the multitude....
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...
O FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION. — The words were obviously addressed both to the scribes and the disciples. Both had shown their want of the faith which utters itself in prayer to the Father; bot...
ὦ γενεὰ : exclamation of impatience and disappointment, as if of one weary in well-doing, or averse to such work just then. Who are referred to we can only conjecture, and the guesses are various. Pro...
_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...
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...
Matthew 17:17._O unbelieving and rebellious nation. _Though Christ appears to direct his discourse to the father of the _lunatic_, yet there can be no doubt that he refers to the scribes, as I have la...
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...
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, upb...
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. Ver. 17. _O faithless and perverse generation_] H...
_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 _...
SUFFER YOU; endure your perverseness and unbelief....
THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, 0 FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION, HOW LONG SHALL I BE WITH YOU? HOW LONG SHALL I SUFFER YOU? BRING HIM HITHER TO ME....
The rebuke and the cure:...
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 17:18"....
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third revelations than those which you have seen? "I answered and said to him, "Sir, one thing only I ask, that in regard to these three forms the revelation may be rendered...
Matthew 17:17 Then G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) O G5599 faithless G571 and...
‘And Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.” ' Nevertheless Jesus was concerned about their...
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 17:17. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE GENERATION. The failure to cure, the catechizing of the scribes, and the effect produced on the people, proved that all present were unbelieving and liable to b...
PERVERSE (διεστραμμενη). Distorted, twisted in two, corrupt. Perfect passive participle of διαστρεφω....
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...
HOW UNBELIEVING AND WRONG YOU PEOPLE ARE. This rebuke is aimed at the disciples who could not cure this boy. HOW LONG? Jesus expects more rapid progress from them. [_Compare_ Hebrews 5:11-14.] BRING T...
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 13:18; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 16:28; Hebrews 3:16; Jeremiah 4:14;...
Perverse [δ ι ε σ τ ρ α μ μ ε ν η]. Wyc., wayward. Tynd., crooked; dia, throughout; strefw, to twist. Warped....
These words are. severe rebuke given by Chrsit to his own disciples. Where, observe, The person upbraided, his discples: and the sin upbraided with, unbelief. O FAITHLESS GENERATION! Yet was it not t...