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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Mark 9:22 - 9:22
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but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us - “us,” says the father; for it was a sore family affliction. Compare the language of the Syrophoenician woman regarding her daughter, “Lord, help me.” Still nothing is done: the man is but struggling into faith: it must come a step farther. But he had to do with Him who breaks not the bruised reed, and who knew how to inspire what He demanded. The man had said to Him, “If Thou canst do.”