马太福音 17:19

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

門徒悄悄地前來問耶穌：“為甚麼我們不能把鬼趕出去呢？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
门 徒 暗 暗 的 到 耶 稣 跟 前 ， 说 ： 我 们 为 甚 麽 不 能 赶 出 那 鬼 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ When Jesus and his followers came back to the crowd, a man came to Jesus and bowed before him. ¹⁵ The man said, "Lord, have mercy on my son. He has epilepsy and is suffering very much, because he often falls into the fire or into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your followers, but they could not cure him." ¹⁷ Jesus answered, "You people have no faith, and your lives are all wrong. How long must I put up with you? How long must I continue to be patient with you? Bring the boy here." ¹⁸ Jesus commanded the demon inside the boy. Then the demon came out, and the boy was healed from that time on. ¹⁹ The followers came to Jesus when he was alone and asked, "Why couldn't we force the demon out?" ²⁰ Jesus answered, "Because your faith is too small. I tell you the truth, if your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move. All things will be possible for you. [ ²¹ That kind of spirit comes out only if you use prayer and fasting.]"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:10, Mark 9:28

Reciprocal: Judges 1:19 - but could Job 22:30 - pureness Psalms 106:34 - did not Matthew 17:16 - and they Matthew 24:3 - the disciples Mark 9:18 - and they Acts 3:16 - through 1 Corinthians 12:9 - faith 2 Corinthians 6:13 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people."

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,

Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants. New nations will be born from you, and kings will come from you.

Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham, "You and your descendants must keep this agreement from now on.

Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement with you and all your descendants, which you must obey: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:13
Circumcise every baby boy whether he is born in your family or bought as a slave. Your bodies will be marked to show that you are part of my agreement that lasts forever.

Genesis 17:14
Any male who is not circumcised will be cut off from his people, because he has broken my agreement."

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will come from her."

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed facedown on the ground and laughed. He said to himself, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth to a child when she is ninety?"

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 lunatic; which only could be done by casting out the demon: they were concerned, fearing they had lost the power which Christ had bestowed on them, and wanted to know what they had done, which had deprived them of it; and what should be the cause of their late unsuccessful attempt, when they had so frequently triumphed over the unclean spirits, that were subject to them. Though they might have learned from the answer Christ gave to the father of the lunatic, and the general character of the Jewish nations in that answer, the true reason of their own inability; but this they took no notice of, imagining it belonged entirely to others, and not to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. Their faith would not have made it more easy for God to work this miracle, but such was his will - such the way in which he worked miracles, that he required faith in those who were the instruments.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:19. Why could not we cast him out? — They were confounded at their want of success-but not at their want of faith, which was the cause of their miscarriage! When the ministers of the Gospel find their endeavours, with respect to some places or persons, ineffectual, they should come, by private prayer, to Christ, humble themselves before him, and beg to be informed whether some evil in themselves have not been the cause of the unfruitfulness of their labours.