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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. The probability is that the face of Jesus Christ was shining like the face of Moses when he came down from the mount, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. What a descent for Christ, from the peace and quiet of the hill of communion with the glorified, to the noise and tumult of a surging multitude, and the mocking question of the jeering scribes!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Mar_9:16. And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. Some relics of the glory on the mount still remained upon his face, and the people were astounded; so, though deeply...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. There was a glory about his face not altogether unlike that of Moses when he came down from the other mountain, so that the people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightaway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. I think there must be some truth in the common tradition that the face of our Lord Jesus still shone with the light of the transfiguration. It does appear so to me from these words: “All the people, when they beheld him, were greatly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? Like some great commander stepping into the field when his under followers are being beaten, he comes right to the front and charges the foe boldly. Christ said, “What question ye with them?” — as much as to say, “Why did ye not wait a bit and ask me. I could have answered you if they can not.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? There had been a skirmish between the scribes and the disciples of Christ, and the scribes were winning the day; but when the Captain had come, the tide of battle was soon turned.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? The circumstances of the disciples resembled a battlefield on which the enemy was winning the day, and the loyal troops were about to die defeated; when suddenly, the great Commander himself appears for their relief. His presence is worth more than a thousand battalions of men; and he charges...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? The battle had been raging between Christ’s enemies and his disciples but now that their Captain has come, he rallies his forces, and at once attacks his foes: “What question ye with them?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: A case of dreadful epilepsy accompanied with satanic possession.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. It was an aggravated case of epilepsy, attended...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered — One who had a peculiar reason for answering; just as, I trust there will be one in this multitude before me who will have a peculiar reason for listening to my message, and a peculiar reason for remembering it after it is delivered: “One of the multitude answered” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; We do not know if the scribes gave any answer to Christ’s question; and it does not signify at all. What does always signify is practical, living, earnest prayer. So what the scribes may have said is not recorded, but the prayer of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. That is a grand piece of advice, and a blessed word of permit — “Bring him unto me.” There is no case so bad but, if you bring it to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. No, it was no use going to the disciples, it is of no avail to pray to saints and angels; go to the Master himself. “Straightforward makes the best runner.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. Unbelief is a great trouble to Christ. I never read that he said to the poor or to the sick, “How long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?” I never read that he expressed any weariness of human ignorance,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. Grand words: “Bring him unto me.” Lord, he has a dumb spirit. “Bring him unto me.” It is the devil who is his enemy. “Bring him unto me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they brought him unto him: Some came to help the father, probably the bringing of the young man was too much an effort for one alone. “They brought him unto him.” Two or three of you with united prayer can do what, peradventure, one man’s prayer would not. Come, help one another. “Bear ye one another’s burdens” in prayer. I would suggest that,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him, and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, how long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, of a child. A terrible case.