American Standard Version
Mark 9:21
21And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.
Mark 9:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.
Context of Mark 9:21
19And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me. 20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child. 22And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. 23And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.
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καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐκ παιδιόθεν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Mark 9:21
- Mark 5:25And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years,
- Job 5:7But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
- Job 14:1Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,
- Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?
- John 5:5And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.
- John 9:1And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
- Acts 3:2And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
- Acts 4:22For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.
- Acts 9:33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.
- Acts 14:8And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
Commentaries on Mark 9:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-29Verses 14-29 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:14-21. Mark 9:14 Questioning with them - Debating with the disciples, and attempting to confound them. This he saw as he came down from the mount. In his absence they had taken occasion to attempt to perplex and confound his followers. Mark 9:15 Were greatly amazed - Were astonished and surprised at his sudden appearance among them. Saluted him - Received him with the customary marks of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-29Verses 14-29 The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believing. If thou canst believe, it is possible that thy hard heart may be softened, thy spiritual diseases may be cured; and, weak as thou art, thou mayest be able to hold out to the end. Those that complain of unbelief, must look up to Christ for grace to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22The demon’s activity had been taking place since he was a little boy, and the demon had tried to kill the child in various ways. If You can: The father’s request shows that his faith had become weak (9:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child, &c.--Having told briefly the affecting features of the case, the poor father, half dispirited by the failure of the disciples and the aggravated virulence of the malady itself in presence of their Master, yet encouraged too by what he had heard of Christ, by the severe rebuke He had given to His disciples for not having faith enough to cure the boy, and by…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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