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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked his father, how long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. He put himself on a level with his child, and that is the best way to pray for your children: “Have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him?. And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. “Help us,” he cries, identifying himself with his child. Father, mother, when you pray, use the plural,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,.... When he has been near it; so that one part or other of his body has been scorched, or burnt, and his life in danger: and into the waters to destroy him: when he has been near any brook, or river, it has thrown him into it, in order to drown him, as into the fire to burn him. The Ethiopic version...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. Here was unbelief, it is true; but there was with it a pitying entreaty that meant more faith than it could express. Men do not usually beg where they expect nothing, and they do not make pitiful...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe,.... As the man put an "if" on the power of Christ, Christ puts an "if" on the faith of the man; and tacitly suggests, that power was not wanting in himself, but faith in him; and should that cure not be performed, it would not be owing to any inability in him, but to his own incredulity. The Arabic...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. “It is not, ‘If I can;’ but, ‘If thou canst.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, — Catching at his words, “If thou canst do anything,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Hear that, any of you who have come in here, desiring to be delivered from sin, to be made holy, to break off old habits, and to become new men in Christ Jesus. “All things are possible to him that believeth.” So, take courage, trust in Christ, and cry unto...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And straightway the father of the child cried out,.... As soon as ever he found it was put upon his faith, and that the issue of things would be according to that, he expressed himself with much vehemency, being in great distress; partly with indignation at his unbelief, and partly through fear of missing a cure, by reason of it: and said with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. There was faith, even though it was mixed with unbelief. It was a faith that made him pray, as I have already told you, and the Lord Jesus Christ found out where the faith was. He had, as it were, broken the great black lump of dead...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway the father of the child, cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. There were within him two men, as it were, a believing man, and an unbelieving man, and the two struggled for mastery; “Lord, I do believe; but there is so much unbelief in me, I pray thee to drive it out, that I may believe in thee...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When Jesus saw that the people came running together,.... לותיה, "to him", as the Syriac version adds, and so the Persic; upon hearing the vehement cry of the father of the child, and the earnest solicitations he made, expecting that something would be done: he rebuked the foul spirit; that brought this disorder on the child, had continued it so...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. That is Christ’s way of curing. Our Lord does not save sinners as some say that he does, just for a short time, and then let his work all grumble back to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: It must obey Christ. The Master bids that dog of a devil to lie down, and he must do so. It shows...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore,.... We rightly supply, "the spirit", as do the Syriac and Persic versions, "the demon"; for it was he, and not the child, that cried, and made an hideous noise, at his ejection; being filled with wrath and rage, that he must be obliged to quit the possession he had so long held; and therefore, in spite...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. As old Thomas Fuller says, the devil knew that he had to go out, so, like a bad tenant, he did all the mischief he could before he left. Satan often acts in this fashion; just when Christ has come to cast him out, he drives...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was as one dead; inasmuch that many said, He is dead. It was not a case of “kill or cure,” but it seemed to be one of “cure and kill,” and, sometimes, poor sinners, in their struggles with sin and Satan are brought to such despair that they are afraid that they will die before they get a glimpse of hope. “Many said, He is dead;” but he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them, — According to another evangelist,...