Matthew 17:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? ”

Matthew 17:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then came the disciples ... - This inquiry was made in some house to which they retired near the place where the miracle was performed (Mark). Jesus told them, in reply, that it was because of th...
Matthew 17:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? (3) Incredulity and distrust hinder and break the direction of God's benefits.
Matthew 17:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Healing of the Demoniac Boy ( Mark 9:14-29 *, Luke 9:37-43 ). 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 describ...
Matthew 17:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Why could not we cast him out? . Why were not we able to east it out? See notes on Matthew 21:21 , and Luke 17:5 .
Matthew 17:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 . Then the disciples coming. The disciples wonder that the power which they once possessed has been taken from them; but they had lost it by their own fault. Christ therefore a...
Matthew 17:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? Why could not we cast him out? - They were confounded at their want of success - but not at their want of faith, which...
Matthew 17:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 9:14-32 .
Matthew 17:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 17:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Why could not we cast him out? — The question came obviously from the disciples who had been left below when our Lord went apart with Peter, James, and John, to the Mount of the Transfiguration. Th...
Matthew 17:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 indi...
Matthew 17:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"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 spec...
Matthew 17:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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 fal...
Matthew 17:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FAITH AND SERVICE ‘Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?’ Matthew 17:19 I. The secret of faith .—Still, as in olden time, it is the contemplation...
Matthew 17:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart ,.... Or "secretly", as the Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read; that is, privately, and when alone; and as Mark says, "when he was come into the h...
Matthew 17:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? Ver. 19. Why could not we cast him out? ] They had heard why before, but either heeded it not or were not willing...
Matthew 17:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, asham...
Matthew 17:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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, a...
Matthew 17:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and...
Matthew 17:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 17:21 " .
Matthew 17:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 )...
Matthew 17:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 proverbia...
Matthew 17:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 17:19 I. There are two different ideas about the way in which the problems of the world are to be solved, the salvation of the world, whatever it is, is to be brought about. Pure irreligio...
Matthew 17:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 confesse...
Matthew 17:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 17:1-40 The Transfiguration of Jesus . ( Mark 9:2-41 ; Luke 9:28-42 .) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who we...
Matthew 17:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said, Why could not we cast him out?
Matthew 17:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 4:10 ; Mark 9:28

Matthew 17:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 17:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 17:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 17:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 17:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 17:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 17:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 17:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge