Mark 9:21

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

Family 35 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

20So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.

22Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

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Cross References

Mark 5:25Now a certain woman—who had been bleeding for twelve years,

Luke 13:16So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan kept bound during eighteen long years, be freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

John 9:1Now as He was passing by He saw a man blind from birth.

Acts 3:2And a certain man, who had actually been lame from his mother's womb, was being carried (they would lay him daily at the temple gate, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple),

Acts 9:33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas who was paralyzed—he had been lying on a pallet 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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