Marco 9:28

28 E quando Gesù fu entrato in casa, i suoi discepoli gli domandarono in privato: Perché non abbiam potuto cacciarlo noi?

Marco 9:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:28

And when he was come into the house
Perhaps into the man's house whose child he had healed, or into some other in these parts, for the sake both of retirement and refreshment:

his disciples asked him privately, why could not we cast him out?
The nine disciples, who were particularly concerned in this matter, fearing they had lost the power of casting out devils, conferred upon them, inquired of Jesus, when he was alone, why they could not cast the demon out of the child, when they had ejected unclean spirits out of many others; (See Gill on Matthew 17:19).

Marco 9:28 In-Context

26 E lo spirito, gridando e straziandolo forte, uscì; e il fanciullo rimase come morto; talché quasi tutti dicevano: E’ morto.

27 Ma Gesù lo sollevò, ed egli si rizzò in piè.

28 E quando Gesù fu entrato in casa, i suoi discepoli gli domandarono in privato: Perché non abbiam potuto cacciarlo noi?

29 Ed egli disse loro: Cotesta specie di spiriti non si può far uscir in altro modo che con la preghiera.

30 Poi, essendosi partiti di là, traversarono la Galilea; e Gesù non voleva che alcuno lo sapesse.