Mark 9:21

So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

20Then they brought the boy to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and having fallen on the ground he was rolling about, foaming at the mouth.

22And often it threw him both into the fire and into the waters so that it may destroy him. But if You are able to do anything, help us and have compassion on us.”

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Cross References

Mark 5:25Now a certain woman, suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years,

Luke 13:16So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, should she not be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”

John 9:1And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.

Acts 3:2And a man lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they would lay each day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who had been confined to a bed for eight years, who was paralyzed.

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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