Matthew 17:14

“And when they were come to the multitude, etc.] Which was on the next day, as in (<420937>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 when they were come to the multitude - This took place on the day following the transfiguration, Luke 9:37. This multitude was probably composed of persons who had attended on his ministry, many of whom were his real disciples. With them, as Mark Mark 9:15 informs us, were “scribes questioning with them.” That is, they were probably professedly making inquiries about the Saviour, but really attempting to introduce their own sentiments, and to draw them off from him. They probably artfully asked them many questions about his birth, his family, his appearance, his manner of life, and his instructions, all which were contrary to the general expectation respecting the Messiah, and they…”

“Mar 9:14; Luk 11:37. Matthew 17:15”

“when: Mark 9:14-29; Luk 9:37-43 kneeling: Mar 1:40, Mar 10:17; Act 10:25, Act 10:26 Matthew 17:15”