16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? …
And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. …
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)We have here the miraculous cure of a child that was lunatic and vexed with a devil. Observe, I. A melancholy representation of the case of this child, made to Christ by the afflicted father. This was immediately upon his coming down from the mountain where he was transfigured. Note, Christ’s glories do not make him unmindful of us and of our wants and miseries. Christ, when he came down from the…
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