Matthew 17:14
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New International Version (©2011)
When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before Him. "

International Standard Version (©2012)
As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

NET Bible (©2006)
When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And when they came to the multitude, a man came unto him and knelt on his knees.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When they came to a crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt in front of him,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when they came to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

American King James Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

American Standard Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying:

Darby Bible Translation
And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying,

English Revised Version
And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man kneeling down to him, and saying,

Weymouth New Testament
When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.

World English Bible
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

17:14-21 The case of afflicted children should be presented to God by faithful and fervent prayer. Christ cured the child. Though the people were perverse, and Christ was provoked, yet care was taken of the child. When all other helps and succours fail, we are welcome to Christ, may trust in him, and in his power and goodness. See here an emblem of Christ's undertaking as our Redeemer. It encourages parents to bring 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 Christ by prayer, but bring them to the word of Christ; to means by which 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 cure difficult. The extraordinary power of Satan must not discourage our 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 this young man from a child, when we see his spiritual possession of every son of Adam from the fall!

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 14-21. - Healing of the demoniac boy. (Mark 9:16-29; Luke 9:37-42.) The account of the miracle is much curtailed in our Gospel; the fullest narrative is given by St. Mark, to whom we must refer for the complete details. Verse 14. - When they were come to the multitude. St. Luke says this arrival was on "the next day" after the Transfiguration. If this event took place at night, the following morning will be meant. The contrast between the scene on the mountain and that presented by the demoniac below has been seized by Raphael, in his picture of the Transfiguration, at Rome - the last great work that he painted. The upper part of this picture represents Jesus radiant in glory with the heavenly visitants, while the lower panel shows the agonized father, surrounded by the unbelieving crowd, bringing his tortured son to the apostles, who stand helpless and discredited. The painter has, indeed, sacrificed fact to dramatic effect (as the two events were not synchronous); but the lesson enforced thereby is most impressive, and lays holds of the imagination, showing different phases of the life of Christ, and the realms of light and darkness. There came to him a certain man. Things had not gone well while Jesus and the three chief apostles were away on the mount. As during the absence of Moses at Sinai the people had fallen into idolatry (Exodus 32.), so now, when their Master and their leaders were withdrawn, the nine apostles bad faltered in faith and failed in exercising the miraculous powers bestowed upon them. Kneeling down to him. Directly the father saw Christ coming, he disengaged himself from the crowd and ran to meet him.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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:

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Mt 17:14-23. Healing of a Demoniac Boy—Second Explicit Announcement by Our Lord of His Approaching Death and Resurrection. ( = Mr 9:14-32; Lu 9:37-45).

The time of this section is sufficiently denoted by the events which all the narratives show to have immediately preceded it—the first explicit announcement of His death, and the transfiguration—both being between His third and His fourth and last Passover.

Healing of the Demoniac and Lunatic Boy (Mt 17:14-21).

For the exposition of this portion, see on [1322]Mr 9:14-32.

Second Announcement of His Death (Mt 17:22, 23).

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Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
14And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and oft into the water. 16And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him. …

Matthew 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Mark 9:14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them.
Luke 9:37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.
Acts 21:5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.