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Luke 9:40

40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.”

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Luke 9:40 in Other Translations

40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

40 And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

40 I begged your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”

40 I asked your disciples to deliver him but they couldn't."

40 I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."

Luke 9:40 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:40

And I besought thy disciples
The nine disciples that were left behind, whilst Christ, and the other three, were gone up to the mountain:

to cast him out;
the devil out of his child:

and they could not;
(See Gill on Matthew 17:16).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 9:40 In-Context

38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him.

40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.”

41 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

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