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Matthew 17:15

Context
NETBible

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures 1  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

XREF

Job 1:10-19; Job 2:7; Mt 4:24; Mt 8:31,32; Mt 15:22; Mr 5:4,5; Mr 5:22,23; Mr 9:17,18,20-22; Mr 9:22; Lu 9:38-42; Joh 4:46,47

NET © Notes

tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).



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