“ Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. ”
Howbeit, this kind ... - This kind means this kind of devils - this species of possession. Where they have had long possession where they produce such painful, fixed, and alarming effects, they c...
(4) Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by (h) prayer and fasting. (4) The remedy against distrust. (h) To help us to understand the watchfulness and diligence of earnest prayer, which cannot be wi...
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...
this kind. Implying different kinds. See Matthew 12:45 . Act 16:17. 1 John 4:1 . T Tr. [A] WH. omit this verse; but not the Syriac. but . except. prayer. Greek. proseuche. See App-134.
21. This kind goeth not out, (492) By this expression Christ reproved the negligence of certain persons, in order to inform them that it was not an ordinary faith which was required; for...
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. This kind goeth not out but by prayer, etc. - Τουτο το γενος, this kind, some apply to the faith which should be exercised on the occasion,...
This kind goeth not out, &c.— Prayer and fasting could have no relation to the ejection of demons, but so far only as they had a tendency to increase the faith of miracles in him who had that p...
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 .
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...
This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. — The words imply degrees in the intensity of the forms of evil ascribed to demons amounting to a generic difference. Some might yield before the...
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...
"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...
"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...
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 ki...
Howbeit, this kind goeth not out ,.... The Vulgate Latin renders it, "is not cast out"; and so do the Arabic version, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and which confirm the more commonly received sense...
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. Ver. 21. This kind goeth not out ] Some devils then are not so potent, political, vile, villanous, as others: so neither are wicked men...
This kind Of devils, goeth not out but by prayer and fasting Joined with an eminent degree of the faith he had been describing. He intended by this to excite them to intercede with God for his mo...
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...
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...
Ver. 19-21. Mark repeats only what we have here Matthew 17:19,21 . The reason assigned here by our Saviour why his disciples could not cast out this devil, was their unbelief; not their total want...
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 )...
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...
Howbeit The two best manuscripts omit verse 21 ( Matthew 17:21 ).
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...
And when they were come to the multitude. The healing of the lunatic child I. The divinely appointed alternations of the Christian life. ( Mark 9:2 ; Mark 9:17 ). II. Spiritual work can be...
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...
Christ explains the failure:
1 Corinthians 7:5 ; 1 Kings 17:20 ; 1 Kings 17:21 ; 2 Corinthians 11:27 ; Acts 13:2 ; Acts 13:3 ; Acts 14:23 ; Daniel 9:3 ; Ephesians 6:18 ; Mark 9:29 ; Matthew 12:45
Seeing Christ in Matthew Matthew 17:21-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In Matthew we have decided to address ourselves to Christ's relationship to His people. For our introduction we will center our tho...
This kind of devils — goeth not out but by prayer and fasting — What a testimony is here of the efficacy of fasting, when added to fervent prayer! Some kinds of devils the apostles had cast out bef...