Mateo 17:14

14 Cuando llegaron a la multitud, se le acercó un hombre, que arrodillándose delante de El, dijo:

Mateo 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:

Mateo 17:14 In-Context

12 pero yo os digo que Elías ya vino y no lo reconocieron, sino que le hicieron todo lo que quisieron. Así también el Hijo del Hombre va a padecer a manos de ellos.

13 Entonces los discípulos entendieron que les había hablado de Juan el Bautista.

14 Cuando llegaron a la multitud, se le acercó un hombre, que arrodillándose delante de El, dijo:

15 Señor, ten misericordia de mi hijo, porque es epiléptico y sufre terriblemente, porque muchas veces cae en el fuego y muchas en el agua.

16 Y lo traje a tus discípulos y ellos no pudieron curarlo.