Mark 9:21

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 answered them and said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20And they brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth. And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” 23But Jesus said to him, “‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”

Mark 9:21 word by word

καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐκ παιδιόθεν.Read the interlinear

• And He askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• his fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• “Howπόσοςposos · how much/many?G4214
• longχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• has thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• beenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• happeningγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• And he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• From childhoodπαιδιόθενpaidiothen · from childhoodG3812

Cross-references for Mark 9:21

• Mark 5:25A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,
• Job 5:7For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.
• Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
• Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me.
• Luke 8:43And a woman who had suffered a chronic flow of blood for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone,
• Luke 13:16And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this restraint on the Sabbath day?”
• John 5:5Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
• John 9:1As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.
• Acts 3:2And a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those entering the temple grounds.
• Acts 4:22for the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.
• Acts 9:33There he found a man named Aeneas who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
• Acts 14:8In Lystra a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and 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

Topics related to Mark 9:21

• Demons
• Doubting
• Epilepsy
• Faith
• Intercession
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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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