Mark 9:18
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| Overview - Mark 9 | |
| 1 | Jesus is transfigured. |
| 11 | He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elias; |
| 14 | casts forth a deaf and dumb spirit; |
| 30 | foretells his death and resurrection; |
| 33 | exhorts his disciples to humility; |
| 38 | bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them, nor to give offence to any of the faithful. |
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Mark 9:18 (King James Version)
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.
- teareth him
- or, dasheth him.
- 26 ; Matthew 15:22 ; Luke 9:39
- he foameth
- As these symptoms accord very much with those of epileptic persons, some have ventured to assert that it was no real possession; but the evangelist expressly affirms that he had a "dumb spirit" which tare him, that our Lord charged him to
- "come out of him," etc. 20 ; Jude 1:13
- gnasheth
- Job 16:9 ; Psalms 112:10 ; Matthew 8:12 ; Acts 7:54
- and they
- Mark 9:28 Mark 9:29 ; 11:23 2 Kings 4:29-31 ; Matthew 17:16 Matthew 17:19-21 ; Luke 9:40