Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:21

21 Yēsū wèn tā fùqin shuō , tā dé zhè bìng , yǒu duōshào rìzi ne . huídá shuō , cóng xiǎo de shí hòu .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:21

And he asked his father
As he lay rolling about in this miserable condition, that the length and stubbornness of his disorder might be known, and so the cure the more remarkable, and appear the more expressive of his divine power and goodness:

how long is it ago since this came unto him?
since this evil spirit entered into him, and these disorders have attended him?

and he said of a child;
or "from his infancy"; so that it was not for any actual sin that he had committed, that this sore affiction came upon him; and yet he could not be without sin, since it was not agreeable to the justice, mercy, and goodness of God, to afflict, or suffer to be afflicted, one that is innocent; and therefore must be tainted with original sin, which is the source and spring of all afflictions, calamities and judgments.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 9:21 In-Context

19 Yēsū shuō , aì , bú xìn de shìdaì a , wǒ zaì nǐmen zhèlǐ yào dào jǐshí ne . wǒ rĕnnaì nǐmen yào dào jǐshí ne . bǎ tā daì dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái ba .

20 Tāmen jiù daì le tā lái . tā yī jiàn Yēsū , guǐ biàn jiào tā chóngchóng de chōu fēng . dǎo zaì dì shang , fān lái fù qù , kǒu zhōng liú mò .

21 Yēsū wèn tā fùqin shuō , tā dé zhè bìng , yǒu duōshào rìzi ne . huídá shuō , cóng xiǎo de shí hòu .

22 Guǐ lǚcì bǎ tā rēng zaì huǒ lǐ , shuǐ lǐ , yào miè tā . nǐ ruò néng zuò shénme , qiú nǐ liánmǐn wǒmen , bāngzhu wǒmen .

23 Yēsū duì tā shuō , nǐ ruò néng xìn , zaì xìn de rén , fán shì dōu néng .