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He answered them, "Unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to me."
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A Rebuke for Believers
Commentators agree that Jesus' sharp rebuke, "O faithless generation," was aimed primarily at His own disciples. Their failure to heal the boy stemmed not from a lack of power in Jesus, but from their own lack of faith. This serves as a sober reminder that even devoted followers can grieve Christ through unbelief.
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Bring him unto me (φερετε αυτον προς με). The disciples had failed and their unbelief had led to this fiasco. Even the disciples w…
19th Century
Baptist
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. ([Refer…
It seems best to restrict the meaning of “unbelieving generation” to the disciples. Thus the cry of Jesus reveals his bitter disappointment with th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He answereth him The father of the child, and who is included in the reproof afterwards given, for his unbelief, and…
Presbyterian
The father of the suffering youth reflected on the lack of power in the disciples, but Christ would have him attribute the disappointment to the la…
