Mark 9:26
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
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
- After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
- KJV
- And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
- WEB
- After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.”
- ASV
- And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and [the boy] became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.
- DARBY
- And having cried out and torn [him] much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.
- BLB
- And having cried out, and having thrown him into many convulsions, it came out. And he became as if dead, so as for many to say that he was dead.
- ÅB
- Da skrek den og slet hårdt i ham, og fór ut av ham. Og han ble som død, så de fleste sa: Han er død.
- OTB
- Ånden skrek, kastet ham voldsomt, og dro ut. Gutten så ut som en død, så mange sa: «Han er død.»
- B1930
- Da skrek den og slet hårdt i ham, og fór ut av ham. Og han blev som død, så de fleste sa: Han er død.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 9:20
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.
Read in contextMark 1:26
And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Read in contextExodus 5:23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Read in contextRevelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Read in contextMark 9:18
And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
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