And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately , Why could not we cast him out?
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Gill's Exposition
And when he was come into the house,.... Perhaps into the man's house whose child he had healed, or into some other in these parts, for the sake both of retirement and refreshment:
his disciples…
See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 17:14-21. Mar 9:14 Questioning with them - Debating with the disciples, and attempting to confound them. This he saw as he came down from the mount. In…
We have here the story of Christ casting the devil out of a child, somewhat more fully related than it was in Mat 17:14, etc. Observe here,
I. Christ's return to his disciples, and the perplexity he…
Cambridge Bible
Why could not we cast him out? He had given them "power and authority over all demons" (Luk 9:1), and "against unclean spirits to cast them out" (Mat 10:1); what was the reason of their failure now?
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