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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_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'...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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17:20 transported (e-33) See ch. 12.9....
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The epileptic boy_ (Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43).
Very brief report compared with Mk....
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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Christ explains the failure:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:21"....
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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...
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Matthew 17:20 So G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) them G846
Because G1223 your G5216 unbelief G570 for...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
mountai...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:20 LITTLE FAITH. See note on 6:30.
MOUNTAIN. Compare Matthew 21:21.
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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
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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...
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_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
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Corinthians 13:2; Hebrews 3:19; Luke 1:37;...
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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....
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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...