Mark 9:27

27 But Jesus took hold of his hand [and] raised him up, and he stood up.

Mark 9:27 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:27

But Jesus took him by the hand
"Took hold of the hand of the child", as the Persic version renders it;

and lifted him up;
from the ground, on which he was cast by the spirit;

and he arose:
this is omitted in the Syriac and Arabic versions, though in one edition of the latter, according to De Dieu, it is rendered, "and he stood"; to which is added, "and went into his own house". The Persic version, instead of this clause, reads, "and the child was healed"; and all the expressions show, that he was perfectly well.

Mark 9:27 In-Context

25 Now [when] Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter into him no more!"

26 And it came out, screaming and convulsing [him] greatly, and he became as if [he were] dead, so that most [of them] said, "He has died!"

27 But Jesus took hold of his hand [and] raised him up, and he stood up.

28 And [after] he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why were we not able to expel it?"

29 And he said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing except by prayer."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took hold of") has been translated as a finite verb