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Mark 9:26

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

KJV

καὶ κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας ἐξῆλθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε τοὺς πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν.

Greek NT

Jesus autem tenens manum ejus elevavit eum, et surrexit.

Vulgate

And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.

ASV

But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σπαράσσω
sparasso
verb · 3×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡσεί
osei
adverb · 20×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας | WH/Treg/NIV: κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας | RP: κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόν
  • κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαςSBLGNT
  • κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτόνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: τοὺς
  • τοὺςSBLGNT
  • τοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

§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

Cross-references

  • Mark 1:26 — And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
  • Mark 1:26 — And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
  • Mark 9:18 — And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
  • Mark 9:20 — And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
  • Mark 9:20 — And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.