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Mat_17:14. Notwithstanding divergence in other respects, the healing of the lunatic ( σεληνιάζ ., see note on Mat_4:24) comes next in order in all the three Synoptists (Mar_9:14 ff.; Luk_9:37 ff.),—a circumstance which also militates against the mythical view of the transfiguration.
αὐτόν ] Comp. Mar_1:40; Mar_10:17. The accusative is to be understood as conveying the idea that He was directly touched by the man, as much as to say: he clasped Him by the knees. Comp. προσκυνεῖν τινα , προσπίτνειν τινα , προσπίπτειν γόνυ τινος (Pflugk, ad Eur. Hec. 339; Kühner, II. 1, p. 251).