Little faith
(ολιγοπιστιαν). A good translation. It was less than "a grain of mustard seed" (κοκκον σιναπεως). See Matthew 13:31 for this phrase. They had no miracle faith. Bruce holds "this mountain" to be the Mount of Transfiguration to which Jesus pointed. Probably so. But it is a parable. Our trouble is always with "this mountain" which confronts our path. Note the form μεταβα (μετα and βηθ).
MATTHEW 17:20 ovligopisti,an {A} It is more likely that the evangelist used ovligopisti,an, a rare word that occurs nowhere else in the New Testament (though ovligo,pistoj is used four times in Matth...
Verse Matthew 17:20. _BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF_] Are we preachers of the Gospel? Do the things of God rest upon our minds with a deep and steady conviction? Can we expect that a doctrine which we do...
AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED - See the notes at Matthew 13:31. The mustard-seed was the smallest of all seeds. It has been supposed by some, therefore, that he meant to say, If you have the smallest or...
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...
EVERY TREE, ETC., ETC., IS HEWN DOWN AND CAST INTO THE FIRE. The test by which good and bad trees, good and bad men, and good and bad systems have been presented. Now the figure is carried farther to...
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...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
BECAUSE. On account of. Greek. _dia._ See note on Luke 17:6. UNBELIEF. All the texts read "little faith", or "littleness of faith". See note on Mat 6:38. VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. IF, &C. D...
_ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence_ Such expressions are characteristic of the vivid imagery of Eastern speech generally. To "remove mountains" is to make difficulties vanish. The Jews use...
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....
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....
ὈΛΙΓΟΠΙΣΤΊΑΝ for ἀπιστίαν, the term of gentler blame has the earliest evidence in its favour. 20. ἘΡΕΙ͂ΤΕ ΤΩ͂Ι ὌΡΕΙ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. Such expressions are characteristic of the vivid imagery of Eastern s...
VER 19. THEN CAME THE DISCIPLES TO JESUS APART, AND SAID, "WHY COULD NOT WE CAST HIM OUT?" 20. AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, "BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF: FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRA...
_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'...
ΌΛΙΓΌΠΙΣΤΟΣ (G570) маловер, _см._ Matthew 6:30; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31. ΈΆΝ (G1437) с _conj._ если; используется в _conj._, которое
BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF— When the disciples were come with our Lord, they askedhim the reason why they could not cast out that particular demon; to which he replies, _because of your unbelief._—"Know...
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...
17:20 transported (e-33) See ch. 12.9....
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...
UNBELIEF] RV 'little faith.' FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD] i.e. the smallest amount: see on Matthew 13:31. YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, etc.] a proverbial expression: see on Matthew 21:21;...
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...
BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. — The various reading, “Because of your little faith,” found in many, but not the most authoritative MSS., is interesting as an example of a tendency to tone down the apparen...
διὰ τὴν ὀλιγοπιστίαν, here only, and just on that account to be preferred to ἀπιστίαν (T. R.); a word coined to express the fact exactly: too little faith for the occasion (_cf._ Matthew 14:31) That w...
_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...
See here the efficacy of prayer and fasting! What the apostles could not do, prayer accompanied with fasting can effect. How then can that be genuine religion, which makes fasting an object of ridicul...
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...
_THE REASON OF FAILURE_ ‘Because of your unbelief.’ Matthew 17:20 Remember those words of Jesus, which, were they only obeyed, would put an end to our misery and discord, ‘Seek ye first the kingdom...
_LIMITATIONS AND RANGES OF FAITH_ ‘If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed.’ Matthew 17:20 The passage is altogether a very important one, as throwing light upon a difficult subject,—the bounda...
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 JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF,.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "because of your little faith", or "the smallness of your faith"; and so does one Greek manuscript; and w...
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall...
_Then came the disciples to Jesus_ Namely, the nine disciples, who had been left with the multitude, when Jesus and the three others went up to the mount. They were silent before the multitude, ashame...
IF YE HAVE FAITH; the reference here is to that faith with which Christ, in the case of the apostles, connected the working of miracles. NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE; no exercise of miraculous power, h...
Christ explains the failure:...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF; FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD-SEED, YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, REMOVE HENCE TO YONDER PLACE, AND IT SHALL...
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 17:21"....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II And faith is a power of God, being the strength of the truth. For example, it is said, "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall remove the mountain."[1...
Matthew 17:20 So G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Because G1223 your G5216 unbelief G570 for...
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...
‘And he says to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Remove hence to yonder place', and it will re...
THE REASON FOR THEIR FAILURE (17:19-21). The disciples learn that their failure was due to the lack of quality in their faith. What was needed was the kind of faith that can only be built up by depth...
Matthew 17:20. BECAUSE OF YOUR LITTLE FAITH. A general answer, the specific one is recorded by Mark (and in Matthew 17:21, which is to be omitted). The attempt showed some faith, the failure ‘little f...
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 17:20 The ground of faith in God and immortality is not authority or demonstration, but our sense of right. I. First, the very fact of our having a sense of right makes it probable that God e...
Matthew 17:19 Christ our Pattern. I. There are two things very hard to our moral natures, and yet most necessary to our happiness; the one of these is that we should be very much afraid of sin, the o...
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...
19-20. WHY COULDN'T WE DRIVE THE DEMON OUT? Jesus gives the answer, that they did not have enough faith. Faith is the means to tap into the power of Jesus. YOU COULD DO ANYTHING! They could, if they...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:20 LITTLE FAITH. See note on 6:30. MOUNTAIN. Compare Matthew 21:21.
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...
1 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Corinthians 13:2; Hebrews 3:19; Luke 1:37;...
Unbelief [α π ι σ τ ι α ν]. But the better reading is ojligopistian, littleness of faith. Hence Rev., Because of your little faith....
Because of your unbelief — Because in this particular they had not faith. If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed — That is, the least measure of it. But it is certain, the faith which is here spo...