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Contemporary English Version

Matthew 17:14

Jesus and his disciples returned to the crowd. A man knelt in front of him

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Doubting;   Faith;   Intercession;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Diseases;   Epilepsy;   Health-Disease;   Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Daberath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deafness;   Devil, Satan, Evil, Demonic;   Devil;   Kneel;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Knee, Kneel;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boy ;   Children;   Courtesy;   Cures;   Disease;   Gestures;   Kneeling;   Lunatic;   Reverence;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adoration;   Demoniacs;   Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before him.
King James Version (1611)
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certaine man, kneeling downe to him, and saying,
King James Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
English Standard Version
And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,
New American Standard Bible
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
New Century Version
When Jesus and his followers came back to the crowd, a man came to Jesus and bowed before him.
Amplified Bible
When they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, kneeling before Him and saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certaine man, and fell downe at his feete,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
Berean Standard Bible
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.
Complete Jewish Bible
As they came up to the crowd, a man approached Yeshua, kneeled down in front of him,
Darby Translation
And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus and the followers went back to the people. A man came to Jesus and bowed before him.
George Lamsa Translation
And when they came to the people, a man approached him and knelt on his knees, and said to him,
Good News Translation
When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him,
Lexham English Bible
And when they came to the crowd, a man approached him, kneeling down before him
Literal Translation
And they having come toward the crowd, a man came near to Him, kneeling down to Him, and saying,
American Standard Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying,
Bible in Basic English
And when they came to the people, a man went down on his knees to him, saying,
Hebrew Names Version
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him, saying,
International Standard Version
As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus,him
">[fn] knelt down in front of him,Mark 9:14; Luke 9:37;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND when they came to the multitude, a man approached him and kneeled upon his knees, and said to him,
Murdock Translation
And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they were come to the people, there came to hym a certayne man, knelyng downe to hym, and saying:
English Revised Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying,
World English Bible
When they came to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, saying,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man,
Weymouth's New Testament
When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he cam to the puple, a man cam to hym, and felde doun on hise knees bifor hym,
Update Bible Version
And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a [certain] man kneeling down to him, and saying,
New English Translation
When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
New King James Version
Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42">[xr] And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
New Living Translation
At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,
New Life Bible
When they came to many people, a man came up to Jesus and got on his knees. He said,
New Revised Standard
When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they came unto the multitude, there approached him a man, falling on his knees to him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him saying:
Revised Standard Version
And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when they were come to ye people ther cam to him a certayne man and kneled doune to him and sayde:
Young's Literal Translation
And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they were come to the people, there came vnto him a certayne man, and kneled vnto him, and sayde:
Mace New Testament (1729)
And when they were come to the multitude, a man came kneeling to him, and cry'd,
THE MESSAGE
At the bottom of the mountain, they were met by a crowd of waiting people. As they approached, a man came out of the crowd and fell to his knees begging, "Master, have mercy on my son. He goes out of his mind and suffers terribly, falling into seizures. Frequently he is pitched into the fire, other times into the river. I brought him to your disciples, but they could do nothing for him."
Simplified Cowboy Version
They rode up to a crowd of people and a man came and knelt in the dirt before Jesus.

Contextual Overview

14 Jesus and his disciples returned to the crowd. A man knelt in front of him 15 and said, "Lord, have pity on my son! He has a bad case of epilepsy and often falls into a fire or into water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but none of them could heal him." 17 Jesus said, "You people are too stubborn to have any faith! How much longer must I be with you? Why do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here." 18 Then Jesus spoke sternly to the demon. It went out of the boy, and right then he was healed. 19 Later the disciples went to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we force out the demon?" 20Jesus replied: It is because you don't have enough faith! But I can promise you this. If you had faith no larger than a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to move from here to there. And it would. Everything would be possible for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Mark 9:14-29, Luke 9:37-43

kneeling: Mark 1:40, Mark 10:17, Acts 10:25, Acts 10:26

Reciprocal: Matthew 9:18 - worshipped Luke 9:33 - and let John 4:46 - whose

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted."
Genesis 17:12
From now on, your family must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old. You must even circumcise any man or boy you have as a slave, both those born in your homes and those you buy from foreigners. This will be a sign that my promise to you will last forever.
Genesis 17:20
I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make his family a great nation.
Genesis 17:21
But your son Isaac will be born about this time next year, and the promise I am making to you and your family will be for him and his descendants forever.
Exodus 12:15
For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. And on the first of these seven days, you must remove all yeast from your homes. If you eat anything made with yeast during this festival, you will no longer be part of Israel.
Exodus 12:19
During these seven days no yeast is allowed in anyone's home, whether they are native Israelites or not. If you are caught eating anything made with yeast, you will no longer be part of Israel.
Exodus 30:33
If you do, you will no longer belong to the Lord 's people."
Exodus 30:38
If you ever make any of it to use as perfume, you will no longer belong to my people.
Leviticus 7:25
If you eat the fat of an animal that can be used as a sacrifice to me, you will no longer belong to the community of Israel.
Leviticus 7:27
or you will no longer belong to the community of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they were come to the multitude,.... Which was on the next day, as in Luke 9:37 when Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, came down from the mount to the other nine, with whom the multitude of the people were; during their stay on the mountain,

there came to him a certain man; who was, as Mark says, "one of the multitude"; and as Luke, "a man of the company": who had applied to the nine disciples on the behalf of his son, but without success, and was waiting till Christ came from the mount; who when he saw him, made up to him, and

kneeling down to him in the manner of a supplicant, doing him homage and worship; hereby showing his great esteem of him, and veneration for him,

and saying the following words:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when they were come to the multitude - This took place on the day following the transfiguration, Luke 9:37. This multitude was probably composed of persons who had attended on his ministry, many of whom were his real disciples. With them, as Mark Mark 9:15 informs us, were “scribes questioning with them.” That is, they were probably professedly making inquiries about the Saviour, but really attempting to introduce their own sentiments, and to draw them off from him. They probably artfully asked them many questions about his birth, his family, his appearance, his manner of life, and his instructions, all which were contrary to the general expectation respecting the Messiah, and they intended, therefore, to insinuate that such a person could not be the Christ. The people were persuaded that he was the Messiah. and it would not have done to have attacked their opinions openly, but they attempted to gain the same point by sly insinuations. Error is always subtle, and often puts on the appearance of calm and honest inquiry. Well had he compared them to leavens, Matthew 16:11-12. The multitude, seeing Jesus coming down, left the scribes, and ran to meet him (Mark). They were amazed, probably because they had not expected to see him there. In their joy at meeting him in this unexpected manner, they “saluted” him (Mark); that is, probably they prostrated themselves before him after the manner of salutation in Eastern countries. See the notes at Luke 10:4. Jesus, seeing the scribes and their artful design, reproved them by asking them why they questioned thus with his disciples, Mark 9:16. Conscious of their guilt and their base purpose, they returned no answer.

A certain man kneeling down to him - That is, saluting him, or showing high regard for him. See the notes at Luke 10:4. It did not imply religious homage, but merely high respect and earnest entreaty.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:14. When they were come to the multitude — It appears that a congregation had been collected during our Lord's stay on the mount: how great must have been the desire of these people to hear the words of Christ! The assembly is self-collected, and no delay on the preacher's side discourages them-they continue to wait for him. In the present day how rare is this zeal! How few by the most pathetic invitation can be brought together, even at the most convenient times, to hear the same doctrines, and to get their souls healed by the same wonder-working Christ!

Kneeling down to him — Or falling at his knees, γονυπετων. The ancients consecrated the EAR to memory; the FOREHEAD to genius; the RIGHT HAND to faith; and the KNEES to mercy: hence those who entreated favour fell at and touched the knees of the person whose kindness they supplicated. See Wakefield's Commentary; and see the note on Exodus 9:29; where the subject is largely explained.


 
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