And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the mountain, many people met him.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
The father of the demoniac was rude and not courteous. He did not simply ask for the healing of the child, and in so doing crown the healer with praises. On the contrary, he spoke disrespectfully of the disciples and found fault with the grace given them. “I brought him,” he says, “to your disciples, and they could not cast it out.” It was owing to your lack of faith that the grace did not help. Do you not understand that you were the cause that the child was not delivered from his severe illness? Commentary on Luke, Homily
