Mateus 17:14

14 Quando chegaram � multidão, aproximou-se de Jesus um homem que, ajoelhando-se diante dele, disse:

Mateus 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 17:14

And when they were come to the multitude
Which was on the next day, as in ( Luke 9:37 ) when Christ and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John, came down from the mount to the other nine, with whom the multitude of the people were; during their stay on the mountain,

there came to him a certain man;
who was, as Mark says, "one of the multitude"; and as Luke, "a man of the company": who had applied to the nine disciples on the behalf of his son, but without success, and was waiting till Christ came from the mount; who when he saw him, made up to him, and

kneeling down to him
in the manner of a supplicant, doing him homage and worship; hereby showing his great esteem of him, and veneration for him,

and saying
the following words:

Mateus 17:14 In-Context

12 digo-vos, porém, que Elias já veio, e não o reconheceram; mas fizeram-lhe tudo o que quiseram. Assim também o Filho do homem há de padecer �s mãos deles.

13 Então entenderam os discípulos que lhes falava a respeito de João, o Batista.

14 Quando chegaram � multidão, aproximou-se de Jesus um homem que, ajoelhando-se diante dele, disse:

15 Senhor, tem compaixão de meu filho, porque é epiléptico e sofre muito; pois muitas vezes cai no fogo, e muitas vezes na água.

16 Eu o trouxe aos teus discípulos, e não o puderam curar.