Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Mark 9:24

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

KJV

εὐθὺς κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου ἔλεγεν· πιστεύω· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ.

Greek NT

Et cum videret Jesus concurrentem turbam, comminatus est spiritui immundo, dicens illi : Surde et mute spiritus, ego præcipio tibi, exi ab eo : et amplius ne introëas in eum.

Vulgate

Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

ASV

And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee, go out of him and enter not any more into him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βοηθέω
boetheo
verb · 8×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἀπιστία
apistia
noun · 11×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: εὐθὺς | WH/NIV: εὐθὺς | Treg: καὶ εὐθὺς | RP: καὶ εὐθέως
  • εὐθὺς — SBLGNT
  • εὐθὺς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ εὐθὺς — Tregelles
  • καὶ εὐθέως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: παιδίου | WH/Treg/NIV: παιδίου | RP: + μετὰ δακρύων
  • παιδίου — SBLGNT
  • παιδίου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μετὰ δακρύων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Πιστεύω | WH/Treg/NIV: Πιστεύω | RP: + κύριε
  • Πιστεύω — SBLGNT
  • Πιστεύω — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + κύριε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§162Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to man. We can lose this priceless gift, as St. Paul indicated to St. Timothy: "Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have made shipwreck of their faith."44 To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lo…
§649As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man will have to suffer much, die, and then rise.516 Elsewhere he affirms explicitly: "I lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."517 "We believe that Jesus died and rose again."518
2. And not for this only does He call him Elias everywhere, but to signify His perfect agreement with the Old Testament, and that this advent too is according to prophecy. Wherefore also He adds again, He came, and they knew him not, but have done unto him all things whatsoever they listed. Matthew 17:12 What means, all things whatsoever they listed? They cast him into prison, …

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 2:4 — For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
  • 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Luke 17:5 — And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
  • Luke 17:5 — And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
  • Phil 1:29 — For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
  • Ps 77:10 — And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
  • Ps 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.