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A Model for Failure
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon see the disciples' private question as a powerful example. When we experience failure, especially in ministry, the right response is not to hide or make excuses, but to humbly and privately approach Jesus in prayer, asking for understanding, correction, and instruction.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 17:19
18th Century
Theologian
Then came the disciples, etc. This inquiry was made in a house to which they had withdrawn near the place where the miracle was performed …
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 17:19
19th Century
Preacher
This was a very proper question. When we make a failure, let us own that we have failed, take the blame for it ourselves, and appeal to our Lord fo…
John Calvin
On Matthew 17:19
16th Century
Theologian
Then the disciples coming. The disciples wonder that the power they once possessed has been taken from them; but they had lost it by their…
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John Gill
On Matthew 17:19
17th Century
Pastor
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart
Or "secretly", as the Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read; that i…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 17:14–21
17th Century
Minister
The case of afflicted children should be presented to God by faithful and fervent prayer. Christ cured the child. Though the people were perverse, …
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 17:14–26
13th Century
Philosopher
Here, He foretells the tranquility of glory, which is assaulted by diabolical possession and the disturbance of men. He foretells that the first as…