What Does Matthew 17:19 Mean in the King James?
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Their question reveals the gap between seeing what must leave and having the capacity to move it out.
THE MEANING
You can recognize what needs to leave and still find that you cannot move it out. The question lets that failure be spoken plainly and asks what lies beneath the visible act. The answer that follows names trust as the hidden hinge.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that recognizing what must leave is enough to make it leave.
THE ROOT
ἐκβαλεῖν
ekbalein
GROWS FROM
βάλλω
ballō
To throw or cast; with ἐκ- (ek, out), the compound means to throw or drive out.
“cast ... out” in this verse is ekbalein. English hears “cast out” as a single action, but the Greek keeps the movement visible: ἐκ- (ek, out) + βάλλω (ballō, throw). The verse asks about the capacity to move something from its present place to outside it; the answer that follows shows this motion has a hidden condition.
ALSO GROWS
cast out: To throw or drive out.
ἐκβάλλω
This is the compound form behind ἐκβαλεῖν (ekbalein, to cast out); its prefix marks movement out from a place or sphere.
emballō: To throw in or put into.
ἐμβάλλω
The same βάλλω (ballō, throw) stem paired with ἐν- (en, in) turns the motion inward, making the direction visible.
THE PATTERN
When outward action fails, the failure can expose the inward source on which that action depends.
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.THE THREAD
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.The next verse answers the question with “your unbelief,” then describes trust as a mustard seed that can move a mountain. The failure here reveals the condition beneath the act.
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