Mark 9:21

And he questioned his father, How much time is it since this has happened to him? And he said, From childhood.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

In Context

20And they brought him to him. And when he saw him, straightaway the spirit convulsed him. And having fallen on the ground, he wallowed, foaming.

22And it often casts him both into the fire and into the waters so that it might destroy him. But if thou can do anything, help us, having compassion toward us.

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Cross References

Job 14:1Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Mark 5:25And a certain woman, being with an issue of blood twelve years,

Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?

John 9:1And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.

Acts 3:2And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple,

Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed, laying on a bed for eight years.

Matthew Henry on Mark 9:15-30

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit. 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his… Read the whole commentary →

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