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Matius 17:15

katanya: "Tuhan, kasihanilah anakku. Ia sakit ayan dan sangat menderita. Ia sering jatuh ke dalam api dan juga sering ke dalam air.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Doubting;   Faith;   Insanity;   Intercession;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Crying to Jesus;   Demoniacs;   Diseases;   Epilepsy;   Family;   Health-Disease;   Home;   Insanity;   Parental;   Prayer;   Reason;   Religion;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Diseases;   Miracles of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lunatic;   Miracle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Disease;   Mercy;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Hutchinsonians;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deafness;   Devil, Satan, Evil, Demonic;   Devil;   Lunatic;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Mercy, Merciful;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Medicine;   Moon;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boy ;   Children;   Cures;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Disease;   Epilepsy;   Fire ;   Lunatic;   Madness;   Mercy;   Moon (2);   Possession;   Rebuke;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Demoniacs;   Lunatics;   Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Lunatics;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Demoniacs;   Lunatics;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Demon;   Intercession;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Lunatic(k);   Mad;   Sick;   Vex;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Insanity;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
katanya: "Tuhan, kasihanilah anakku. Ia sakit ayan dan sangat menderita. Ia sering jatuh ke dalam api dan juga sering ke dalam air.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
"Ya Tuhan, kasihankanlah anak hamba yang laki-laki, karena ia gila babi, lagi amat sangat sengsaranya; karena kerapkali ia jatuh ke dalam api dan kerapkali ke dalam air,

Contextual Overview

14 And when they were come to the people, there came to hym a certayne man, knelyng downe to hym, and saying: 15 Lorde, haue mercy on my sonne, for he is lunaticke, and sore vexed: for oft tymes he falleth into the fyre, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought hym to thy disciples, and they coulde not heale hym. 17 Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me. 18 And Iesus rebuked the deuyll, and he departed out of hym: And the chylde was healed euen that same tyme. 19 Then came the disciples to Iesus secretely, and sayde: why coulde not we cast hym out? 20 Iesus sayde vnto them: because of your vnbeliefe. For veryly I say vnto you: If ye haue fayth as a grayne of mustarde seede, ye shall say vnto this mountayne: remoue hence to yonder place, and it shall remoue, neither shall any thyng be vnpossible vnto you. 21 Howebeit, this kynde goeth not out, but by prayer and fastyng.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have: Matthew 15:22, Mark 5:22, Mark 5:23, Mark 9:22, Luke 9:38-42, John 4:46, John 4:47

for: Matthew 4:24, Mark 9:17, Mark 9:18, Mark 9:20-22

he is: וכחםיבזופבי [Strong's G4583], from ףוכחםח [Strong's G4582], the moon, one who was affected with his disorder at the change and full of the moon. This is the case in some kinds of madness and epilepsy. This youth was no doubt epileptic; but it was evidently either produced or taken advantage of by a demon or evil spirit.

for ofttimes: Matthew 8:31, Matthew 8:32, Job 1:10-19, Job 2:7, Mark 5:4, Mark 5:5

Reciprocal: Matthew 9:27 - have Luke 6:18 - vexed

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
Genesis 32:28
He sayde: thy name shalbe called no more Iacob, but Israel: For as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God, and with men, and hast preuayled.
2 Samuel 12:25
And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidia, of the Lordes behalfe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lord, have mercy on my son,.... He addressed him with great marks of honour and respect, not only by gesture, but by words; he craves mercy, pity, and compassion; for the case he had to present, was a miserable one; and his earnestness and importunity he hoped might be excused, since it was for a child of his own. Luke adds "for he is mine only child"; and therefore his affection for him must be thought to be very strong, and he greatly concerned for its grievous affliction, and earnestly desirous of its health and life.

For he is lunatic: not a mad man, but troubled with the epileptic disease; upon which, as on madness or lunacy, the changes and full of the moon have an influence: hence the next clause,

and sore vexed, is rendered in the Arabic version, "and sore vexed at the beginning of full moons"; at which times, he had very grievous and frequent fits of his disorder:

for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water: which shows it to be the "epilepsy", or "falling sickness", he was afflicted with; which, whenever it seized him, whether by the fireside, or by the side of a river or brook, or any place of water, or in any other dangerous situation, he fell into it, not being able to help himself, or avoid any danger to which he was exposed. A larger account of this child's disorder, and of the circumstances of his cure, are related by Mark 9:17 where this case will be more fully considered. Mark 9:17- :.

Mark 9:17- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, have mercy - The word “Lord” here means “Sir,” a title of civility, not implying divinity.

My son - This was an only son (Luke). He was possessed with a devil. This calamity was attended with the following symptoms: he was lunatic (see the notes at Matthew 4:24); he was sore vexed; that is, he suffered greatly, or was greatly afflicted; he fell often suddenly, in the manner of persons having epileptic fits; he was dumb - that is, he was mute except when the seizure was coming upon him, for Luke says that when the spirit took him he cried suddenly out; he foamed and gnashed with his teeth, and wasted away, or became poor and emaciated. Luke Luke 9:39 adds of the evil spirit, “it teareth him that he foameth again, and, bruising him, hardly departeth from him;” that is, scarcely departed from him, or he had only short intervals of reason, for so the passage in Luke, “bruising him, hardly departeth from him,” should be translated.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 17:15. My son - is lunatic — σεληνιαζεται. One who was most affected with this disorder at the change and full of the moon. Matthew 4:24. But this lunacy was occasioned by a demon, see Matthew 17:18, and Mark 9:17; Luke 9:38. In this case, the devil intended to hide himself under the appearance of a natural disorder, that no supernatural means might be resorted to for his expulsion. See a remarkable account on Luke 9:39.

Falleth ofttimes into the fire, and oft into the water. — The paroxysms of his disorder frequently recurred; and among his numerous falls, some were into the fire and some into the water: so that, on this account, his life was in continual danger. Those who are under the influence of the devil are often driven to extremes in every thing. Such are often driven into the fire of presumption, or the waters of despair. Satan takes advantage of our natural temper, state of health, and outward circumstances, to plague and ruin our souls.


 
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