In this chapter we have, I. Christ in his pomp and glory transfigured, Matt. 17:1–3. II. Christ in his power and grace, casting the devil out of a child, Matt. 17:14–21. And, III. Christ in his poverty and great humiliation, 1. Foretelling his own sufferings, Matt. 17:22–23. 2.

We have here the story of Christ’s transfiguration; he had said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story; as if Christ’s transfiguration were intended for a specimen and an earnest of the kingdom of Christ,…

We have here the miraculous cure of a child that was lunatic and vexed with a devil. Observe, I. A melancholy representation of the case of this child, made to Christ by the afflicted father. This was immediately upon his coming down from the mountain where he was transfigured.

Christ here foretels his own sufferings; he began to do it before ; and, finding that it was to his disciples a hard saying, he saw it necessary to repeat it. There are some things which God speaketh once, yea twice, and yet man perceiveth it not. Observe here, 1.

We have here an account of Christ’s paying tribute. I. Observe how it was demanded, Matt. 17:24. Christ was now at Capernaum, his headquarters, where he mostly resided; he did not keep from thence, to decline being called upon for his dues, but rather came thither, to be ready to pay them. 1.