John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 17:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 veneration for him, and saying the following words:

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