Matthew 17:21

Howbeit

The two best manuscripts omit verse 21 (Matthew 17:21).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, this kind ... - This kind means this kind of devils - this species of possession. Where they have had long possession where they produce...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 a...
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 til...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 . excep...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 in...
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 portio...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The RV and Westcott and Hort omit the whole v., but it is too strongly attested to be lightly rejected. The parallel in Mk (RV) omits 'and fasting':...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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 valle...
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 o...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE REASON OF FAILURE ‘Because of your unbelief.’ Matthew 17:20 Remember those words of Jesus, which, were they only obeyed, would put an en...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expulsion of a Demon. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 th...
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 le...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 mount...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they were come to the multitude. The healing of the lunatic child I. The divinely appointed alternations of the Christian life. ( Mark...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ explains the failure:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. After the healing of the demoniac, Jesus went into a house. And there, where they were...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ;...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Seeing Christ in Matthew Matthew 17:21-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In Matthew we have decided to address ourselves to Christ's relationship to His p...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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!...

²¹ Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 17:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 17:21