Matthew 17:19 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 17:19

Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 house"; and was by himself, then came the nine disciples to him, to converse with him about this matter, and said unto him, why could not we cast him out? That is, the devil, and so cure the lunatic; the Syriac and Persic versions render it, "why could not we heal him?"

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They came to Jesus apart. Note, Ministers, who are to deal for Christ in public, have need to keep up a private communion with him, that they may in secret, where no eye sees, bewail their weakness and straitness, their follies and infirmities, in their public performances, and enquire into the cause of them.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 their unbelief that they had not been able to cast him out. They were appalled by the difficulty of the case and the obstinacy of the disease.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2454: “The Secret of Failure” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1896)

I put these two texts together for this reason. Those of you who are acquainted with the Revised Version know that the 21st verse in the 17th chapter of Matthew is left out. There seems to be little doubt that it was inserted in certain copies by persons who thought that it ought to be there because it was in Mark's narrative. It is put in the margin of the Revised Version, but it is left out of the text.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
προσελθόντες	proselthontes	having come	G4334 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	to Jesus	G2424 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	in	G2596 →
ἰδίαν	idian	private	G2398 →
εἶπον·	eipon	they said;	G2036 →
διὰ	dia	Because of	G1223 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἠδυνήθημεν	ēdunēthēmen	were able	G1410 →
ἐκβαλεῖν	ekbalein	to cast out	G1544 →
αὐτό;¶	auto	it?	G846 →

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

The walk

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
Mark 4:10
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
leads to
- Matthew 13:36
  Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 4:34
  He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:10–17
  Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
- Mark 7:17
  After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
- Luke 8:9–15
  Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
Through
Mark 9:28
After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
leads to
- Matthew 17:19–20
  Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
- Matthew 13:10
  Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
- Mark 4:10
  As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

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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