Mark 9:21
And he questioned his father—How long a time, is it, that, this, hath befallen him? and he said—From childhood;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:
Mark 5:25And, a woman, who had had a flow of blood twelve years,
Luke 13:16But, this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo! eighteen years, was there not a needs-be that she should be loosed from this bond, on the day of rest?
John 9:1And, passing along, he saw a man, blind from birth.
Acts 3:2And, a certain man, who had been, lame from his mother’s womb, was being carried,—whom they used to lay daily at the door of the temple—the [door] called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them who were entering into the temple:
Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man, by name Aeneas, who, for eight years, had been lying prostrate upon a bed, for he was paralysed.
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 →