Mark 9:19

Mark 9:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)“You unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

Context of Mark 9:19

17Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. 18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.” He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” 20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21“How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked his father. “From childhood,” he said.

Mark 9:19 word by word

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτοῖς λέγει· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι, ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• He answerethἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andδέde · thenG1161
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Oὦō · oh!G5599
• faithlessἄπιστοςapistos · unbelievingG571
• generationγενεάgenea · generationG1074
• how longἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• how longπότεpote · when?G4219
• shall I beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youσύsu · youG4771
• shall I sufferἀνέχωanechomai · to endureG430
• bringφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Mark 9:19

• Mark 16:14Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.
• Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?
• Numbers 32:13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone.
• Deuteronomy 32:20He said, “I will hide my face from them; I will see what will become of them, for they are a perverse generation — unfaithful children.
• Psalms 78:6so that a future generation — children yet to be born — might know. They were to rise and tell their children
• Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
• Matthew 17:17Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
• Luke 9:41Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
• Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say — Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.
• John 20:27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”
• Hebrews 3:10for forty years. Therefore I was provoked to anger with that generation and said, “They always go astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.”

Commentaries on Mark 9:19

• 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. 19Jesus replied: Jesus might have been speaking to the disciples, the father, the crowd, or everyone present (9:22–24). How long?: Their lack of faith was stubborn and would not stop (compare 3:5; 6:52; 8:17; 10:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation--"and perverse," or "perverted" (Mt 17:17; Lu 9:41). how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?--language implying that it was a shame to them to want the faith necessary to perform this cure, and that it needed some patience to put up with them. It is to us surprising that some interpreters, as Chrysostom and Calvin, should represent this rebuke as addressed, not to the disciples at…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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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