Mark 9:26

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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
cried	κράξας kraxas	G2896	properly · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
rent	σπαράξας sparaxas	G4682	apparently strengthened from G4685 (σπάω) through the i… · verb — aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine
him	αὐτός autós	G846	the reflexive pronoun self
sore	πολλὰ polla	G4183	(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — accusative plural neuter
out	ἐξῆλθεν, exēlthen	G1831	to issue (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
was	ἐγένετο egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
as	ὡσεὶ hōsei	G5616	as if · preposition
dead	νεκρὸς nekros	G3498	dead (literally or figuratively · adjective — nominative singular masculine
that	ὥστε hōste	G5620	so too · conjunction
many	πολλοὺς pollous	G4183	(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — accusative plural masculine
said	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
dead	ἀπέθανεν. apethanen	G599	to die off (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular

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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.
Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Exodus 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.
Mark 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 th…
Revelation 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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

We have here the story of Christ casting the devil out of a child, somewhat more fully related than it was in Mat 17:14, etc. Observe here, I. Christ's return to his disciples, and the perplexity he found them in. He laid aside his robes of glory, and came to look after his family, and to enquire what was become of them. Christ's glory above does not make him forget the concerns of his church below, which he visits in great humility, Mat 17:14. And he came very seasonably, when the disciples were embarrassed and run a-ground; the scribes, who were sworn enemies both to him and them, had gained an advantage against them. A child possessed with a devil was brought to them, and they could not c…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 9:25

I charge thee - Considerable emphasis should be laid on the pronoun: - Thou didst resist the command of my disciples, now I command thee to come out. If this had been only a natural disease, for instance the epilepsy, as some have argued, could our Lord have addressed it, with any propriety, as he has done here: Thou deaf and dumb spirit, come out of him, and enter no more into him? Is the doctrine of demoniacal influence false? If so, Jesus took the most direct method to perpetuate the belief of that falsity, by accommodating himself so completely to the deceived vulgar. But this was impossible; therefore the doctrine of demoniacal influence is a true doctrine, otherwise Christ would never…

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John Gill on Mark 9:26

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore,.... We rightly supply, "the spirit", as do the Syriac and Persic versions, "the demon"; for it was he, and not the child, that cried, and made an hideous noise, at his ejection; being filled with wrath and rage, that he must be obliged to quit the possession he had so long held; and therefore, in spite and malice, before it left him, shook and tore him, and threw him into dreadful convulsions: and came out of him; though sore against his will, being obliged to it, by the superior power of Christ: and he was as one dead: that is, the child, when the devil had left him, lay as still as if he had no breath, nor life in him: insomuch that many said, he…

The Church Fathers

(ubi sup.) For oftentimes when we try to turn to God after sin, our old enemy attacks us with new and greater snares, which he does, either to instil into us a hatred of virtue, or to avenge the injury of his expulsion.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) 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. For the devil was not able to inflict death upon him, because the true Life was come.
— Pseudo-Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

And crying out and greatly convulsing him, it came out of him. The unclean spirit, about to depart from the man, convulses him, and terrifies the onlookers with a frantic cry. For often the devil, while being expelled from the heart, generates sharper temptations in it than he had previously stirred up when he possessed it quietly.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

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Dictionary and topics

Daemoniac — One “possessed with a devil.” In the days of our Lord and his apostles, evil spirits, “daemons,” were mysteriously permitted by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies of men,…
Demoniacs — This word is frequently used in the New Testament, and applied to persons suffering under the possession of a demon or evil spirit, such possession generally showing itself visibly in bodily disease…
Lunatics — (from the Latin Luna, the moon, because insane persons, especially those who had lucid intervals, were once supposed to be affected by the changes of the moon). This word is used twice in the New…
Demons · The epileptic boy — The epileptic boy
Doubting · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED
Dumb (Deafness, Mute) · Miraculous healing of, by Jesus — Miraculous healing of, by Jesus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Mark 9:26

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

Adam Clarke on Mark 9:25

John Gill on Mark 9:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Mark 9:26

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:14-29

Adam Clarke on Mark 9:25

John Gill on Mark 9:26

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Mark 9:14-27

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 9:26-27