SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:18
Y Jess le reprendi, y sali el demonio de l; y el nio fue sano desde aquella hora.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:18
Verse 18. Jesus rebuked the devil] Deprived him of all power to torment the child; and obliged him to abandon his present usurped habitation. There are some souls whose cure God reserves to himself alone, and to whom all the applications of his ministers appear to be utterly ineffectual.
He sometimes does all without them, that they may know they can never do any good without him. QUESNEL.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And Jesus rebuked the devil , etc.] The words may indeed be rendered, and Jesus rebuked him, and the devil departed out of him; so the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions; but the sense our version gives is certainly right; for it was not the father of the child Christ rebuked for his unbelief; this he had done already; nor the lunatic himself, as some have thought, either for his unbelief, or because he was possessed by the devil, for some sins of his own; which is not likely, since he was so from a child, and perhaps not now in his right mind, and capable of any rebuke: besides, the Evangelists Mark, and Luke expressly say, that he rebuked the foul, or unclean spirit: for though it was a natural disease which attended this child, yet he was afflicted with it in a preternatural way, by the means of Satan; who, by divine permission; had a power of inflicting bodily diseases: and that this disease was effected by him, is clear from the manner of curing, by the dispossession of him; for when he departed out of him ; at the command of Christ, whose power he could not withstand, but was obliged, whether he would or not, to obey; the child was cured from that very hour ; directly, immediately, and continued well, and in good health. Hence the word rendered lunatic, in ( Matthew 17:15) is in several Oriental versions, translated in the sense of demoniac, or one possessed with a devil. The Arabic version renders it, he is with a demon: the Persic thus, on whom a demon hath power; and the Ethiopic after this manner, an evil demon takes hold on him. And it is usual with the Jews, to ascribe diseases to evil spirits; and perhaps this uncommon dispensation in the times of Christ, may give rise to such a notion; particularly, they ascribe this very same disease of the epileptic, or falling sickness, to the same cause, which they call Kordicus, or Cardiacus, the Cardiac passion, which one of their commentators f962 explains thus. It is a disease which proceeds from the repletion of the vessels of the brain, whereby the understanding is confounded; wherefore it is one of the sorts lpwnh ylwj , of the falling sickness.
Says another of them, It is hdy , the name of a demon, that rules over such, that drink much wine out of the vat.
To which others agree, saying f964 , that one attended with this disorder, is one, whose understanding is confounded, d tmjm , by means of a demon, who rules over such, that drink new wine; and lo! the spirits name is Kardiacus.
From whence it is clear, that with them, the disease and the demon go by the same name; and that the former is from the latter.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-21 - The case of afflicted children should be presented to God by faithfu and fervent prayer. Christ cured the child. Though the people wer perverse, and Christ was provoked, yet care was taken of the child When all other helps and succours fail, we are welcome to Christ, ma trust in him, and in his power and goodness. See here an emblem of Christ's undertaking as our Redeemer. It encourages parents to brin children to Christ, whose souls are under Satan's power; he is able to heal them, and as willing as he is able. Not only bring them to Chris by prayer, but bring them to the word of Christ; to means by whic Satan's strong-holds in the soul are beaten down. It is good for us to distrust ourselves and our own strength; but it is displeasing to Christ when we distrust any power derived from him, or granted by him There was also something in the malady which rendered the cur difficult. The extraordinary power of Satan must not discourage ou faith, but quicken us to more earnestness in praying to God for the increase of it. Do we wonder to see Satan's bodily possession of thi young man from a child, when we see his spiritual possession of ever son of Adam from the fall!
Greek Textus Receptus
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