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John Gill
He answereth him,.... The father of the child, and who is included in the reproof afterwards given, for his unbelief, and taking part with the Scribes against his disciples; though the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "them"; meaning not his disciples, but the Scribes and Pharisees, with the father of the child: and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's transfiguration upon the mount, ver. 1-13. II. His casting the devil out of a child, when the disciples could not do it, ver. 14-29. III. His prediction of his own sufferings and death, ver. 30-32. IV. The check he gave to his disciples for disputing who should be greatest (ver. 33-37); and to John for rebuking one who cast out devils in Christ's name, and...
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 Jesus, he can meet it. “Bring him unto me.” Now, good...
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, or scarcely even of human sin, but when it is a...
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? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. I...
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.”