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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_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'...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LUNATICK] i.e. epileptic, because epileptics were supposed to be
affected by the changes of the moon (_luna_)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The epileptic boy_ (Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43).
Very brief report compared with Mk....
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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 _...
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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...
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THE HEALING OF A LUNATIC. Matthew 17:14
The return to the people:...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:16"....
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Matthew 17:15 Lord G2962 mercy G1653 (G5657) my G3450 son G5207 for
G3754 epileptic G4583 (G5736) and...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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
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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...
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_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
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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
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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...
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Job 1:10; Job 2:7; John 4:46; John 4:47; Luke 9:38;...
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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...
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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...