Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Little faith (oligopistian). A good translation. It was less than "a grain of mustard seed" (kokkon sinapewv). See Matthew 13:31 for this phrase. They had no miracle faith. Bruce holds "this mountain" to be the Mount of Transfiguration to which Jesus pointed. Probably so. But it is a parable. Our trouble is always with "this mountain" which confronts our path. Note the form metaba (meta and bhqi).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 17:20:
Matthew 13:31
Matthew 21:21
Matthew 23:24
Mark 4:32
Mark 9:14
Mark 9:29
Luke 17:6
1 Corinthians 12:9
1 Corinthians 13:2
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