Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v39 As it fareth in the falling sickness.
As it fareth in the falling sickness.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v39 38 And, behold, a man of the company cried…
38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
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Ver. 39. And bruising him] As in the falling sickness, it happens.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv38–42 And Jesus answering, said,.... To the father of the…
And Jesus answering, said,.... To the father of the child, and those that were with him; and with a particular view to the Scribes and Pharisees, who had been insulting the disciples, and triumphing over them, because of their inability to cast out the evil spirit: for the words are not spoken to the disciples, as they might seem at first view to be, and as the Persic version renders them, "and Jesus turned his face to the disciples, and said"; but to the unbelieving Jews,
O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring thy son hither; See Gill on Mat 17:17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv39, 42 Verse 39. A spirit taketh him, and he suddenly…
Verse 39. A spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out] πνευμα λαμβανει αυτον. This very phrase is used by heathen writers, when they speak of supernatural influence. The following, from Herodotus, will make the matter, I hope, quite plain. Speaking of Scyles, king of the Scythians, who was more fond of Grecian manners and customs than of those of his countrymen, and who desired to be privately initiated into the Bacchic mysteries, he adds: "Now because the Scythians reproach the Greeks with these Bacchanals, and say that to imagine a god driving men into paroxysms of madness is not agreeable to sound reason, a certain Borysthenian, while the king was performing the ceremonies of initiation, went out, and discovered the matter to the Scythian army in these words: 'Ye Scythians ridicule us because we celebrate the Bacchanals, και ημεας ο θεος λαμβανει, and the GOD POSSESSES US: but now the same demon, ουτος ο δαιμων, has TAKEN POSSESSION, λελαβηκε, of your king, for he celebrates the Bacchanals, and υπο του θεου μαινεται, is filled with fury by this god." Herodot. l. iv. p. 250, edit. Gale.
This passage is exceedingly remarkable. The very expressions which Luke uses here are made use of by Herodotus. A demon, δαιμων, is the agent in the Greek historian, and a demon is the agent in the case mentioned in the text, Lu 9:42. In both cases it is said the demon possesses the persons, and the very same word, λαμβανει is used to express this in both historians. Both historians show that the possessions were real, by the effects produced in the persons: the heathen king rages with fury through the influence of the demon called the god Bacchus; the person in the text screams out, (κραζει), is greatly convulsed, and foams at the mouth. Here was a real possession, and such as often took place among those who were worshippers of demons.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv38–42 38. of the company] Rather, from the crowd.
38. of the company] Rather, from the crowd.
Master] Rather, Teacher or Rahbi.
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he is mine only child] See on Luk_8:42.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v38 (38) A man of the company.—Better, a man from…
(38) A man of the company.—Better, a man from among the multitude.
Master.—Here St. Luke uses the more common word, which means “teacher.”
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He is mine only child.—Note, as in the history of the widow of Nain (Luk_5:12), the tender sympathy shown in St. Luke’s narrative. He is the only Evangelist who calls attention to the fact.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv38, 40, 41, 42 A man of the company cried out, saying, Master,…
A man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. The tender sympathy of St. Luke is shown in this little detail. He is the only evangelist who mentions that the poor tormented boy was an only child.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v41 Jesus answered and said
Jesus answered and said
"Jesus answered by saying"
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You unbelieving and depraved generation
Jesus said this to the crowd that had gathered, and not to his disciples.
depraved generation
"corrupt generation"
how long must I be with you and put up with you?
Here "you" is plural. Jesus uses these questions to express his sadness that the people did not believe. They can be written as statements. AT: "I have been with you so long, yet you do not believe. I wonder how long I must put up with you." (See: Forms of You and Rhetorical Question)
Bring your son here
Here "your" is singular. Jesus is speaking directly to the father who addressed him. (See: Forms of You)
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Jesus
believe
generation
demon
rebuke
cure
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv38, 39, 41 9:38 my only child: The loss of an only…
9:38 my only child: The loss of an only son was especially tragic, since this left no one to carry on the family name (cp. 7:12; see Gen 22:16; 1 Kgs 17:17-24; Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10; Zech 12:10).
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