Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
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Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only born child.
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:
And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child:
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(non occ.) It seems indeed to me that this was a wise man. For he said not to the Saviour, "Do this or that," but, Look on my son, for this suffices for His salvation; as the prophet said, Look on me, and have mercy on me; and he says, on my son, to show that his was a reasonable forwardness in crying out aloud among the multitude. He adds, for he is mine only child. As if to say, There is none other I can expect to be the consolation of my old age. He next enters into the sufferings, that he may move his Hearer to compassion, saying, And, lo, the spirit taketh him.
Matthew Henry · Verses 37–42
How deplorable the case of this child! He was under the power of an evil spirit. Disease of that nature are more frightful than such as arise merely from natural causes. What mischief Satan does where he gets possession! But happy those that have access to Christ! He can do that for us which his disciples cannot. A word from Christ healed the child; and when our children recover from sickness, it is comfortable to receive them as healed by the hand of Christ.
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