Mark 9:21

And he asked his father: How long is it since this came upon him? He replied: From childhood.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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, the spirit immediately threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled himself, foaming.

22And often it throws him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But if you are able to do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

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Cross References

Mark 5:25And a certain woman who had had an issue of blood for twelve years,

Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

John 9:1And as he passed by, he saw a man that had been blind from his birth.

Acts 3:2And a certain man, lame from his mother’s womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, that he might ask charity of those who were going into the temple.

Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man named Æneas, who was a paralytic, and had kept his 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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