Matthew 17:16 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 17:16

I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

KJV

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And I brought him to thy disciples,.... To the nine, whilst Christ was with the other three upon the mountain: no doubt but his design was to bring him to Christ first; but he being absent, he applied to his disciples, and, desired them to make use of their power to heal him; and which they attempted, but without success: and they could not cure him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, There are some special favours which Christ reserves the bestowment of to himself; and sometimes he keeps the cistern empty; that he may bring us to himself, the Fountain. But the failures of instruments shall not hinder the operations of his grace, which will work, if not by them, yet without them. The rebukes that Christ gave to the people first, and then to the devil.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy disciples could not cure him - No wonder, when the cure must be effected by supernatural agency, and they had not faith enough to interest the power of God in their behalf, Mat 17:20. A spiritual disorder must have a spiritual remedy: natural means, in such cases, signify just - nothing.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We read in this passage another of our Lord’s great miracles. He heals a young man lunatic and possessed with a devil. The first thing we see in these verses is a lively emblem of the awful influence sometimes exercised by Satan over the young. We are told of a certain man’s son, who was “lunatic and sore vexed.” We are told of the evil spirit pressing him on to the destruction of body and soul: “Oftimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the water.”

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσήνεγκα	prosēnegka	I brought	G4374 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
μαθηταῖς	mathētais	disciples	G3101 →
σου,	sou	of You,	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἠδυνήθησαν	ēdunēthēsan	they were able	G1410 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
θεραπεῦσαι.¶	therapeusai	to heal.	G2323 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 3:16
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this…
leads to
- Matthew 21:21–22
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
- Acts 14:9
  This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
- Acts 3:6
  But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- Mark 16:17–18
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Luke 17:5–6
  The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
Through
Luke 9:40
I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
leads to
- Luke 9:1
  Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
- Acts 19:13–16
  Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
- Luke 10:17–19
  The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew