Matthew 17:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 17:20

Because: Matthew 17:17, Matthew 14:30, Matthew 14:31, Hebrews 3:19 If: Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:23, Luke 17:6, 1 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Corinthians 13:2 faith: That is, as Bp. Pearce well remarks, a thriving and increasing faith, like a grain of mustard seed, which, from being the least of seeds, becomes the greatest of all herbs. a grain: Matthew 13:31, Mark 4:31 nothing: Mark 9:23, Luke 1:37, Luke 18:27 Reciprocal: Numbers 20:12 - Because ye believed Joshua 7:7 - to deliver Judges 1:19 - but... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 17:20

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.Because of your unbelief — Because in this particular they had not faith.If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed — That is, the least measure of it. But it is certain, the faith which is here spoken of does not always imply saving faith. Many... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:14-23

§ 76. CASTING OUT OF A DUMB AND DEAF SPIRIT, Matthew 17:14-23 . As Moses, when he came down from the mount of God, found that his people had in his absence turned to idolatry and vice, so our Saviour, on coming from the mount of transfiguration, found that his disciples in his absence had neglected prayer and fasting, and become spiritually weak, and had rendered themselves liable to the taunts of adversaries and the rebukes of the Lord. Great is the contrast between the exaltation of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:20

20. Because of your unbelief During the absence of their Lord, the disciples seem to have become as it were secularized. See introduction to the section. Faith as a grain of mustard seed That is, in size; in contrast with the size of the mountain it is able to remove. This mountain This faith, be it remembered, supposes a concurrence between God and man. On the part of God a mission or duty assigned to the man, for which the power of faith is granted; and without this, the true... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 17:20

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 17:20

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:14-23

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:20

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