Mark 9:21
19 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.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.
- KJV
- And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
- WEB
- He asked his father, “How long has it been since this has been happening to him?” He said, “From childhood.
- ASV
- And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.
- DARBY
- And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
- BLB
- And He questioned his father, “How long a time is it that this has been with him?” And he said, “From childhood.”
- ÅB
- Og Jesus spurte hans far: Hvor lang tid har han hatt det slik? Han sa: Fra barndommen av;
- OTB
- Jesus spurte guttens far: «Hvor lenge har han hatt det slik?» Han svarte: «Fra barndommen.
- B1930
- Og Jesus spurte hans far: Hvor lang tid har han hatt det slik? Han sa: Fra barndommen av;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 9:20–21
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
Read in contextActs 9:33
And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Read in contextJohn 5:5–6
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
Read in contextMark 5:25
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
Read in contextLuke 8:43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Read in contextActs 3:2
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Read in contextJob 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Read in contextLuke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
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