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Mark 9:21
21And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
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
19But he answering them says, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him to me. 20And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming. And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood; 22and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst [do] anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us. 23And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
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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 certain woman who had had a flux of blood twelve years,
- Job 5:7For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
- Job 14:1Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Luke 8:43And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,
- Luke 13:16And this [woman], who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, [these] eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
- John 5:5But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years.
- John 9:1And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
- Acts 3:2and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;
- Acts 4:22for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.
- Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man, Aeneas by name, who had been lying for eight years upon a couch, who was paralysed.
- Acts 14:8And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in his feet, sat, [being] lame from his mother's womb, who had never 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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