Mark 9:27
And when he had entered into the house, his disciples questioned him privately, “Why were we unable to cast him out?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
In Context
26But Jesus, taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.
28And he said to them, “This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting.”
Cross References
Isaiah 41:13For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
Mark 1:41Then Jesus, taking pity on him, reached out his hand. And touching him, he said to him: “I am willing. Be cleansed.”
Mark 8:23And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him beyond the village. And putting spit on his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he could see anything.
Acts 9:41And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
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 →