Mateus 17:14

A Cura de um Menino Endemoninhado

14 Quando chegaram onde estava a multidão, um homem aproximou-se de Jesus, ajoelhou-se diante dele e 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 Mas eu digo a vocês: Elias já veio, e eles não o reconheceram, mas fizeram com ele tudo o que quiseram. Da mesma forma o Filho do homem será maltratado por eles”.

13 Então os discípulos entenderam que era de João Batista que ele tinha falado.

14 Quando chegaram onde estava a multidão, um homem aproximou-se de Jesus, ajoelhou-se diante dele e disse:

15 “Senhor, tem misericórdia do meu filho. Ele tem ataques e está sofrendo muito. Muitas vezes cai no fogo ou na água.

16 Eu o trouxe aos teus discípulos, mas eles não puderam curá-lo”.